The Beach Boys release “Good Vibrations” – Chicago Tribune

Today is Friday October 10, the 283rd day of the year 2025. There are 82 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On October 10, 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations”, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.

Also on this date:

In 1845, the United States Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students.

In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

In 1935, George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess,” with an all-black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.

In 1964, the Summer Olympics began in Tokyo, the first Summer Games to be televised worldwide.

In 1970, Fiji became independent from the United Kingdom, 96 years after the colonization of the South Pacific island archipelago.

In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned from office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal tax evasion. President Richard Nixon soon after nominated Congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal and Ford succeeded him.

In 2001, a month after the September 11 attacks, American planes intensified their bombings on the Afghan capital Kabul while President George W. Bush unveiled a list of the 22 most wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

In 2014, Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani woman, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the rights of children to receive an education and live free from abuse.