Historical Events In April - 10

1983  On this day in history issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered  

1984  Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle with help from the Canadian Arm on April - 10.  

1984  US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors on this day in history.  

1984  On April - 10 nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday  

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission on this day in history.  

1986  Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61 on April - 10.  

1988  On April - 10 cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies  

1989  Intel corp announces shipment of "fast" 80486 chip on April - 10.  

1989  Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip on April - 10.  

1989  Joan Barry, dies at 85 on April - 10.  

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1990  On this day in history international Joint Commission says Canada and the US must stop dumping toxic substances into Great Lakes  

1991  On April - 10 kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35  

1992  NHL strike ends after 10 days on this day in history.  

1992  Ken Ward, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1993  On April - 10 chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50  

1994  James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies  

1996  On April - 10 jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7  

2006  On April - 10 romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliamentary elections.  

2010  The President of Poland, Lech KaczyÅ„ski, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history united Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues  

2013  On this day in history japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands  

2014  On April - 10 88 civilians are killed by barrel bombs from Syrian war planes in Aleppo, Syria  

2017  Edward Enninful is announced the new Editor of "British Vogue" its first male and black editor on this day in history.  

2017  Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of state funds to cover it up on April - 10.  

2017  "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana premieres in Toyko on April - 10.  

2018  On this day in history facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security  

2019  On April - 10 first-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away Learn More >>  

2019  On April - 10 scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.  

2019  On this day in history fossil fragments found in the Callao Cave in the Philippines reveal the existence of the Homo luzonensis species of humans. The species is named after the island where it was discovered, Luzon.  

2020  On April - 10 kivu Ebola epidemic: The Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February 2020. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018.  

2020  On April - 10 the ESA/JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth and begins to depart for Venus, where it will make several gravity assist maneuvers before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025.  

2020  On April - 10 [COVID-19 pandemic] The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally, a ten-fold increase from March 20.  

2020  On April - 10 [COVID-19 pandemic] EU finance ministers agree on a €540 billion loan package to alleviate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.  

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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 April - 10.  

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 April - 10.  

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

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.  

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  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.  

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  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1545  On April - 10 death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer  

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