Here's a quick look at our top stories for Friday, Oct. 10, 2025:
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TOP HEADLINES:
New $25 Million Treatment Facility Near Anaconda Targets Low-Level Sex Offenders
Bozeman Police Launch Interactive Crime Dashboard to Boost Community Transparency
Historic Stockman's Bar Returns to Downtown Bozeman After 80-Year Absence
THAT’S INTERESTING:
Here are some interesting things that happened on October 10 (events, notable births, and notable deaths):
Events
- 1967 — The Outer Space Treaty entered into force, creating the foundation of international space law (peaceful use of outer space).
- 1970 — Fiji became independent from the United Kingdom (Fiji Day).
- 1957 — The Windscale (now Sellafield) nuclear fire in Cumbria, England, the U.K.’s first major nuclear accident.
- 2014 — Malala Yousafzai was announced as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (the Nobel announcements are made in October).
Notable births
- 1813 — Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (La Traviata, Rigoletto).
- 1731 — Henry Cavendish, English chemist/physicist (measured hydrogen, experiments on gases).
- 1917 — Thelonious Monk, influential American jazz pianist and composer.
- 1930 — Harold Pinter, British playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature.
- 1969 — Brett Favre, American NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Notable deaths
- 1872 — William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State (instrumental in the Alaska purchase), died Oct. 10, 1872.
- 1973 — Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and major figure of the Austrian School, died Oct. 10, 1973.
- 1985 — Orson Welles, American filmmaker/actor (Citizen Kane), died Oct. 10, 1985.
- 2004 — Christopher Reeve, actor and spinal-injury advocate, died Oct. 10, 2004.
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