Famous Deaths In April - 10

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

1929  Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 on April - 10.   

1931  Death of Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883) on April - 10.   

1932  On April - 10 andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56   

1937  Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77 on April - 10.   

1938  On this day in history nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana   

1939  Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 on April - 10.   

1945  Death of Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81   

1955  Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1956  Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1958  Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on April - 10.   

1960  Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65   

1962  Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 on April - 10.   

1965  Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 on April - 10.   

1966  On this day in history christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71   

1968  Death of Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1969  Death of Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893) on April - 10.   

1970  On this day in history charles Paton, dies at 96   

1974  Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1975  Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85 on April - 10.   

1979  Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 on April - 10.   

1980  Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1983  Death of Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday   

1986  On April - 10 joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61   

1988  Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies on April - 10.   

1989  On April - 10 joan Barry, dies at 85   

1991  Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35 on this day in history.   

1992  Ken Ward, dies at 37 on April - 10.   

1993  Death of Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 on this day in history.   

1994  James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77 on April - 10.   

1995  Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

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

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

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  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian