Historical Events Oct 10 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa Famous Deaths Oct 10 Hazrat Hussein ibn Ali (RA), Muhammad's (SAW) grandson (b. 626) beheaded 679 AD History by Year 681 AD Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning