Page 5: Historical Events In April - 10

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

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

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

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  On April - 10 emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39   

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  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  On April - 10 kenneth Noland, American painter   

1925  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

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

1931  Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet on this day in history.   

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

1932  The birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor on April - 10.   

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

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

1932  Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1933  Philip Corner, composer on this day in history.   

1934  On April - 10 stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1   

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

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

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

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.   

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

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

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