SEPTEMBER 10 IN HISTORY

1709 - Birth of Antioh Cantemir, Romanian-born Russian writer and diplomat, son of Dimitrie Cantemir, ruler of Moldova (1710-1711) (d. April 11, 1744)
1848 - Romanians gather in Orlat to protest against the union of Transylvania with Hungary
1872 - Death of Avram Iancu, head of the 1848-1849 Romanian Revolution and of the popular army in Transylvania (b. June 1824)
1910 - Yvonne Camarasescu travels by biplane the distance between Ploiesti and Chitila, at a height of 600 meters, breaking the women's world record, which stood at 30 kilometers
1914 - Romania and Italy sign agreement to warn each other in the event they renounced neutrality
1919 - Signing of the Peace Treaty with Austria, at Saint-Germaine en Laye, which recognized the union of Bucovina with Romania
1944 - Birth of poet Eugen Evu (d. 20 October 2017)
1946 - Composer George Enescu and his wife, Maria Cantacuzino, leave Romania for good, with support from Yehudi Menuhin
1964 - The first audition, in Bucharest, of George Enescu's Vox Maris symphonic poem in the interpretation of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Romanian Radio-television, led by conductor Iosif Conta
1987 - First tramway line of 6.7 km in length is commissioned in Brasov
1989 - The Petar Karanicev Bulgarian tow hit and sank the Mogosoaia Romanian passenger vessel, causing the death of all 207 people aboard
1999 - First MALL-type commercial centre is opened in Bucharest by Turkish group Bayindir Fiba
2000 - Death of actor, professor Dem Radulescu (b. September 30, 1931)
2006 - Inhabitants of Turia township in Covasna set a new world record, after preparing a 81-meters-long traditional Romanian dish called 'bulz' using polenta and cheese
2014 - The bust of renowned surgeon Alexandru Pesamosca, dubbed by patients and colleagues 'Children's angel' was unveiled by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Hospital, three years from his death, agerpres reports.