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  On April - 10 pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

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

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

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

1923  On this day in history hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin  

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

1924  On this day in history tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play  

1924  On this day in history 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  Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.  

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

1929  The birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor on April - 10.  

1929  On April - 10 dusan Radic, composer  

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

1930  On this day in history synthetic rubber first produced  

1930  On this day in history george Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston  

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

1931  On this day in history marcel van Maele, Belgian poet  

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

1932  The birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history philip Corner, composer  

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

1935  On April - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

1569  On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon  

1583  On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law  

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.  

1651  On April - 10 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 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  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies  

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