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 this day in history.  

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

1960  On this day in history arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament  

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on this day in history.  

1960  Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill on this day in history.  

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  Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 on April - 10.  

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 this day in history 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  Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 on this day in history.  

1966  River Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam on April - 10.  

1966  Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1970  Charles Paton, dies at 96 on this day in history.  

1971  US table tennis team arrives in China PR on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1981  On this day in history "Caveman" with Ringo premiers  

1981  On April - 10 computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded  

1981  Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment on April - 10.  

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1389  On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)  

1512  On this day in history 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  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 April - 10.  

1695  On April - 10 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61  

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

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