Page 5: Historical Events In April - 10

1916  1st professional golf tournament held on April - 10.   

1917  On April - 10 munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers   

1917  Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

1917  Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965) on April - 10.   

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

1919  On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39   

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

1921  On this day in history 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  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  Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) on April - 10.   

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

1927  On April - 10 marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate   

1927  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies on this day in history.   

1929  On April - 10 the birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor   

1929  On April - 10 dusan Radic, composer   

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

1930  Synthetic rubber first produced on this day in history.   

1930  George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1932  On April - 10 the birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor   

1932  Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) on April - 10.   

1932  Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts) on April - 10.   

1932  On April - 10 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  200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena on April - 10.   

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

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

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

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.   

1583  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

1695  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on this day in history.   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.   

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

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61   

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

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.