1839年10月10日
The Bank of United States of Pennsylvania suspends specie payments (meaning that it will no longer pay depositors in gold or silver). Like banks ever since, the B.U.S. couldn't leave well enough alone -- overextending itself with merchant banking, investments in other bank stocks, and speculation on foreign currency and cotton futures. When it's forced to cut back, the B.U.S. triggers a financial panic that produces one of the deepest recessions in American history.
1901年10月10日
In the early days of the automobile, it was not the practical uses of the new invention that attracted the most widespread attention, but rather the thrill of motor sports. The always entrepreneurial Henry Ford, who had been constructing automobiles since 1896, recognized the public's enthusiasm for the new sport, and so sought to establish his name as a racing manufacturer and driver. On this day, Henry Ford drove one of his automobiles for the first and last time in an automobile race. Sponsored by the Detroit Racing Club and held at the Grosse Point Race Track in Michigan, Ford puttered up to the starting line of the main 10-lap race in an automobile he had constructed earlier in the summer with engineer Oliver Barthel. Ford's competitors were the famed Alexander Winston and another driver who withdrew just before the start of the race because of a mechanical problem. The experienced Winston was clearly the superior driver, but fortune proved to be in Ford's favor as Winston's machine began leaving a trail of smoke after three laps, and he had to withdraw. Although Ford won the race and the kind of public acclaim he had hoped for, he found the experience so terrifying that he retired as a competitive driver, reportedly explaining that "once is enough." Nevertheless, Ford continued to construct automobiles for motor racing, and a year later Barney Oldfield drove into motor racing history in Ford's 999 racer, kicking off a legendary driving career and winning Ford his first major racing victory. With the prestige of racing under his belt, Ford went on to establish the Ford Motor Company in the following year, making a fortune as he pioneered the modern assembly-line manufacturing that put the automobile within the average American's reach. But motor racing still remained important to the Ford Motor Company, and today Ford is the only automaker that can lay claim to victory in the Indy 500, Daytona 500, 24-Hours of LeMans and Daytona, 12 hours of Sebring, the Monte Carlo Rally, and the Baja 1000。
2001年10月10日 沪深股市重挫,沪市跌破1700点
沪深股市10月11日大幅下跌，两市综指放量跌破1700点和500点大关，上证综指报收1686.61点。创下自2000年3月17日以来新低，深综指报收488.7 点，创下自2000年1月28日以来新低。当日,沪深股市下跌个股占了95% 以上。
2002年10月10日 上证所降低债券交易费率
上证所对债券交易费率进行调整，调整后，债券的佣金为“不超过成交金额的1‰”，经手费为0.05‰；3天、7天、14天、28天、91天和182天国债回购的佣金分别为成交金额的0.075‰、 0.125‰、0.25‰、0.5‰、0.75‰、0.75‰，经手费为对应佣金的5%。与原债券交易费率相比，投资者的债券交易费用将减少一半。新的收费标准从2002年10月14日起执行。同时交易所还增加了1天、2天、4天等短期国债回购品种；增加企业债回购交易。
2009年10月10日 QFII投资额度上限由8亿美元调整至10亿美元
国家外汇管理局发布《合格境外机构投资者境内证券投资外汇管理规定》，将单家QFII投资额度上限由8亿美元调整至10亿美元。
2009年10月10日 汇金公司增持三行A股股份
工商银行、中国银行、建设银行收到股东汇金公司通知，汇金公司于近日通过上海证券交易所交易系统买入方式增持三行A股股份，汇金公司并拟在未来12个月内（自本次增持之日起算）以自身名义继续在二级市场增持三行股份。
