10 september 1960:
- Mickey Mantle hit what is thought to be the longest home run in major league baseball, an estimated 643 feet (160 m).

Births
10 september 1938
- Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer

10 september 1941
- Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)

10 september 1960
- Colin Firth, English actor (Bridget Jones's diary)