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 this day in history.  

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

1917  On this day in history robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)  

1919  On this day in history mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.  

1919  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 on this day in history.  

1920  Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1921  On April - 10 chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa)  

1923  On this day in history hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin  

1923  Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52) on April - 10.  

1924  Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play on April - 10.  

1924  On this day in history kenneth Noland, American painter  

1925  On this day in history f Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"  

1925  Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) on April - 10.  

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

1927  Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.  

1927  On April - 10 ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies  

1929  The birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor on April - 10.  

1929  Dusan Radic, composer on April - 10.  

1929  On this day in history edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36  

1930  Synthetic rubber first produced on this day in history.  

1930  On April - 10 george Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston  

1930  On April - 10 lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland)  

1931  On April - 10 marcel van Maele, Belgian poet  

1932  Paul von Hindenburg elected first German president (Hitler is 2nd) on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history the birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor  

1932  Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) on this day in history.  

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  Philip Corner, composer on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1  

1935  Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London on this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena  

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

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1389  On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)  

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer  

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

1656  On this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)  

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.  

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.  

0947  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies  

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

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.  

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

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.  

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.