Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

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

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

1959  On this day in history japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda   

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

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  On this day in history arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66   

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

1961  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)   

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

1965  On April - 10 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  Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On April - 10 patricia Collinge, dies at 81   

1975  Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1979  Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On April - 10 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

1981  Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded on April - 10.   

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 April - 10.   

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  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

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  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies