Historical Events In April - 10

1958  On April - 10 northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco  

1958  Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on April - 10.  

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 April - 10.  

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 April - 10.  

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

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 April - 10.  

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  On this day in history 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  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 April - 10.  

1970  Charles Paton, dies at 96 on April - 10.  

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  An agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries on April - 10.  

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

1972  On April - 10 uS, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons  

1973  On this day in history bEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143  

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

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

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  Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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

1981  On this day in history 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  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.  

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.  

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10.  

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.