This Day in Commonwealth History: 10 October 1774: Captain James - TopicsExpress



          

This Day in Commonwealth History: 10 October 1774: Captain James Cook first sights Norfolk Island 1780: The deadliest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history strikes Barbados, killing 4,000; by the time it was last observed off Cape Race, Newfoundland on the 20th, it had killed over 22,000 people in the Caribbean, in North America, and on ships in the North Atlantic 1930: Harold Pinter, English playwright, born in Hackney, London (d. 2008) 1970: Fiji becomes an independent Commonwealth Realm 1970: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second diplomat kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group
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