Historical Events In April - 10

1916  1st professional golf tournament held on April - 10.   

1917  Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 10 pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  On April - 10 robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)   

1919  On this day in history mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.   

1919  On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39   

1920  On this day in history moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90   

1921  Chuck Connors, Bkln NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) on April - 10.   

1923  On this day in history hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin   

1923  On April - 10 floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)   

1924  On April - 10 tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play   

1924  Kenneth Noland, American painter on April - 10.   

1925  F Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby" on this day in history.   

1925  Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) on April - 10.   

1926  On April - 10 "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)   

1927  Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate on April - 10.   

1927  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies on April - 10.   

1929  On April - 10 the birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor   

1929  Dusan Radic, composer on this day in history.   

1929  On April - 10 edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36   

1930  On April - 10 synthetic rubber first produced   

1930  On April - 10 george Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston   

1930  Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history marcel van Maele, Belgian poet   

1932  On this day in history paul von Hindenburg elected first German president (Hitler is 2nd)   

1932  The birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor on April - 10.   

1932  On April - 10 paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)   

1932  Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56   

1933  On this day in history philip Corner, composer   

1934  On this day in history stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1   

1935  On April - 10 vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London   

1936  200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77   

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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 this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

1633  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.   

0947  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

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

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