World Record On October10

1846 – English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton (pictured), the largest moon of the planet Neptune.

1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

1911 – The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis of international space law, entered into force.

1982 – Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, was canonized by the Catholic Church.

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