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On This Day
10 eventi2012
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.
2003
The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.
2001
The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.
2000
Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.
1972
Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.
1972
Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.
1969
British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first album, Led Zeppelin, in the United States.
1968
American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.
1963
Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.
1953
Nine Moscow doctors were accused of a plot to poison members of the Soviet political and military leadership.