Historical Events In April - 10

1983  Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered on this day in history.   

1984  On April - 10 damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle with help from the Canadian Arm   

1984  On April - 10 uS Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors   

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

1985  On this day in history challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission   

1986  On April - 10 joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61   

1988  Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history intel corp announces shipment of "fast" 80486 chip   

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

1989  On April - 10 joan Barry, dies at 85   

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

1991  Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35 on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 on April - 10.   

1994  On this day in history james L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77   

1995  On April - 10 chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies   

1996  Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 on April - 10.   

2006  On this day in history romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliamentary elections.   

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

2012  United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues on April - 10.   

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

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

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

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

2017  "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana premieres in Toyko on this day in history.   

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

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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  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  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0947  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1545  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies