Historical Events In April - 10

1958  Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco on April - 10.  

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

1959  On April - 10 japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda  

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  On April - 10 senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill  

1960  On April - 10 arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66  

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 this day in history.  

1962  On April - 10 in Vermont a 4.2 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in Vermont.  

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1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history 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 April - 10.  

1966  On this day in history 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  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  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  On April - 10 uS, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons  

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

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

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

1975  On April - 10 marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85  

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

1979  On this day in history henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91  

1980  Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 on April - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies  

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

1545  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer  

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