Historical Events In April - 10

1916  1st professional golf tournament held on this day in history.   

1917  Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers on April - 10.   

1917  On April - 10 pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965) on this day in history.   

1919  Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos on April - 10.   

1919  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 on April - 10.   

1920  Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90 on April - 10.   

1921  Chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) on April - 10.   

1923  Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin on April - 10.   

1923  Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52) on this day in history.   

1924  On April - 10 tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play   

1924  Kenneth Noland, American painter on April - 10.   

1925  F Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby" on April - 10.   

1925  On this day in history czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)   

1926  On April - 10 "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)   

1927  On this day in history marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate   

1927  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies on April - 10.   

1929  The birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor on this day in history.   

1929  Dusan Radic, composer on this day in history.   

1929  On April - 10 edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36   

1930  On April - 10 synthetic rubber first produced   

1930  On this day in history george Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston   

1930  Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland) on April - 10.   

1931  Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet on April - 10.   

1932  On this day in history paul von Hindenburg elected first German president (Hitler is 2nd)   

1932  The birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor on this day in history.   

1932  On April - 10 paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)   

1932  On this day in history adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)   

1932  On this day in history andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56   

1933  On this day in history philip Corner, composer   

1934  Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 on this day in history.   

1935  Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London on April - 10.   

1936  200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena on April - 10.   

1937  On this day in history algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.   

1512  On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10.   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.   

1695  On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  On April - 10 louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.   

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies