Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

1958  On this day in history northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco   

1958  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On April - 10 irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65   

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

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 this day in history.   

1964  Iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) on April - 10.   

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

1965  On this day in history linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41   

1966  River Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history patricia Collinge, dies at 81   

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  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  On this day in history "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

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  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  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

1583  On April - 10 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 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 this day in history.   

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.   

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies