Historical Events In April - 10

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

1958  Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

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

1960  On April - 10 arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

1960  On this day in history civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate   

1960  Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill on April - 10.   

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 April - 10.   

1961  Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 on April - 10.   

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

1962  On this day in history stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21   

1963  On April - 10 during diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA   

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

1964  On April - 10 iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)   

1965  On this day in history trois-Rivières Quebec German freighter Transatlantic sinks after colliding with Dutch ship Hermes; 3 sailors killed.   

1965  Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1966  Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 10 charles Paton, dies at 96   

1971  On April - 10 uS table tennis team arrives in China PR   

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

1972  An agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries on this day in history.   

1972  In Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5,000 and injuring 1,700 on April - 10.   

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  On this day in history yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir   

1974  Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 on April - 10.   

1975  Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85 on April - 10.   

1979  Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian on April - 10.   

1979  Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 on April - 10.   

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

1981  "Caveman" with Ringo premiers on April - 10.   

1981  On this day in history computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded   

1981  Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment on April - 10.   

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1389  On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)   

1512  On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

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 April - 10.   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

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

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

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