Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

1958  Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco on this day in history.   

1958  On April - 10 chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30   

1959  Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda on this day in history.   

1960  Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on this day in history.   

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 10 senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill   

1960  Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  Gary Player becomes first foreign golfer to win the Masters on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 10 irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65   

1962  In Vermont a 4.2 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in Vermont on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 10 stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21   

1963  During diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA on this day in history.   

1963  Parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs on April - 10.   

1964  On this day in history iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)   

1965  Trois-Rivières Quebec German freighter Transatlantic sinks after colliding with Dutch ship Hermes; 3 sailors killed on April - 10.   

1965  On this day in history linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41   

1966  On April - 10 river Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam   

1966  On this day in history christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71   

1970  On this day in history charles Paton, dies at 96   

1971  US table tennis team arrives in China PR on this day in history.   

1972  7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars on April - 10.   

1972  On this day in history an agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries   

1972  On this day in history in Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5,000 and injuring 1,700.   

1972  US, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons on April - 10.   

1973  BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 on April - 10.   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir on April - 10.   

1974  On this day in history patricia Collinge, dies at 81   

1975  On this day in history marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85   

1979  On April - 10 soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian   

1979  On April - 10 henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91   

1980  On April - 10 kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65   

1981  "Caveman" with Ringo premiers on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 10 computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded   

1981  On April - 10 imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment   

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

1512  On April - 10 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1695  On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

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

0947  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on April - 10.   

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

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

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

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