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

1917  On April - 10 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 April - 10.  

1920  On this day in history moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90  

1921  Chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) on this day in history.  

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

1923  On this day in history floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)  

1924  Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history kenneth Noland, American painter  

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

1925  Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) on this day in history.  

1926  "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1929  Dusan Radic, composer on this day in history.  

1929  Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1930  Synthetic rubber first produced on this day in history.  

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

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

1931  On April - 10 marcel van Maele, Belgian poet  

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  On this day in history paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)  

1932  On April - 10 adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)  

1932  Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 on April - 10.  

1933  On April - 10 philip Corner, composer  

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

1935  On this day in history vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London  

1936  200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena on this day in history.  

1937  On April - 10 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  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer  

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1656  On April - 10 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  

0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies  

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

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on this day in history.  

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

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies  

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

1545  On April - 10 death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer  

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