Page 7: 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 April - 10.   

1960  Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on April - 10.   

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on April - 10.   

1960  On this day in history senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill   

1960  Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 on April - 10.   

1961  On April - 10 gary Player becomes first foreign golfer to win the Masters   

1961  Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1962  Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 on April - 10.   

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

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

1964  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

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  Charles Paton, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1971  US table tennis team arrives in China PR on April - 10.   

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

1972  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On April - 10 yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir   

1974  Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1980  On this day in history kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65   

1981  On April - 10 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

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 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  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.   

1583  On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

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

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

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

1695  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  On April - 10 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 April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

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

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

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.