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  Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda on April - 10.  

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

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on April - 10.  

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

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  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.  

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1962  Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 on April - 10.  

1963  On April - 10 during diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA  

1963  On April - 10 parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs.  

1964  Iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) on this day in history.  

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

1965  On April - 10 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 April - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1973  BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 on April - 10.  

1974  On this day in history yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir  

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

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

1979  On April - 10 soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian  

1979  On April - 10 henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91  

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  Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.  

1569  On April - 10 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 April - 10.  

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 April - 10.  

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.  

1533  On April - 10 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.