April 10 Events

1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1790 - United States Patent system established
1815 - Mount Tambora eruption covers several islands with ash in Indonesia.
1816 - The U.S. government approved the creation of a Second Bank of the United States.
1865 - American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1906 - The Four Million, O. Henry's second short story collection, is published.
1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England.
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City by 82 charter members.
1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York, New York by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1933 - New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
1938 - Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France.
1941 - World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelic´'s Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Auschwitz II death camp.
1944 - Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.
1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
1959 - Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko (née Michiko Shoda), a commoner.
1963 - The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians).
1968 - Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.
1970 - Vietnam War: 48 percent of the Americans polled in a Gallup Poll approve of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's Vietnam policy, while 41 percent disapprove.
1971 - Cold War: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China host the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
1972 - Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1973 - A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
1979 - On the day known to meteorologists as "Terrible Tuesday", a tornado hits in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak).
1991 - Italian ferry "Moby Prince" collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Angola; the first of its kind to be documented by satellites.
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
2006 - Thousands of protesters protest H.R. 4437 in cities across USA

April 10 Births

1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland as wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)
1794 - Matthew Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (d. 1935)
1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924)
1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1910 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (d. 1951)
1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1918 - Jørn Utzon, Danish architect
1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor and baseball player (d. 1992)
1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist
1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedienne {d. 2006}
1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian, film director, director and writer (d. 2001)
1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
1934 - David Halberstam, American writer
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
1941 - Paul Theroux, American author
1943 - Andrzej Baden´ski, Polish athlete
1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., baseball player
1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor
1954 - Peter MacNicol, actor
1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)
1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer
1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
1960 - Afrika Bambaataa, American musician and activist
1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American singer (Katrina and the Waves)
1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician
1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor
1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)
1973 - Roberto Carlos da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)
1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American rock bassist (Lifehouse)
1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer and actress
1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress and singer

April 10 Deaths

879 - Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)
1533 - King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
1545 - Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
1640 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
1646 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
1706 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1756 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
1760 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1786 - John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736)
1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1862 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (b. 1821)
1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1904 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945 - H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (executed) (b. 1882)
1954 - Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1962 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
1965 - Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
1966 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
1969 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
1975 - Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
1979 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
1986 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1949)
1991 - Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
1991 - Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
1992 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
1993 - Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
1995 - Morarji Desai, Indian activist (b. 1896)
1997 - Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
2000 - Peter Jones, English comedian and scriptwriter (b. 1920)
2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2002 - Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer (b. 1950)
2003 - Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)

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