What happend on 10th September

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1967

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

1963

20 African-American students enter public schools in the U.S. state of Alabama.

1960

Mickey Mantle hits what is thought to be the Major League baseball's longest home run, sending the ball an estimated 643 feet.

1951

United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran.

1945

Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaboration with Nazi Germany.

1943

German forces began their occupation of Rome during World War II.

1942

The Allies carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

1939

Canada declares war on Nazi Germany.

1939

The submarine HMS Oxley is sunk by mistake by the submarine HMS Triton off the coast of Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss in the Second World War.

1932

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned "IND", is opened.