Page 5: Historical Events In April - 10

1916  1st professional golf tournament held on this day in history.   

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

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

1919  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 on April - 10.   

1920  On April - 10 moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90   

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

1923  Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin on this day in history.   

1923  Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1927  Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate on April - 10.   

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

1929  On this day in history 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 April - 10.   

1930  George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston on April - 10.   

1930  Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56   

1933  Philip Corner, composer on April - 10.   

1934  Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 on April - 10.   

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  Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

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 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 April - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

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

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

1545  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies