Page 5: 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 April - 10.   

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

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

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

1919  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 on April - 10.   

1920  Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90 on April - 10.   

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

1923  On April - 10 hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin   

1923  Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52) on April - 10.   

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

1924  On April - 10 kenneth Noland, American painter   

1925  On this day in history f Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"   

1925  Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1929  The birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history dusan Radic, composer   

1929  Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 on April - 10.   

1930  Synthetic rubber first produced on this day in history.   

1930  George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston on April - 10.   

1930  On this day in history lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland)   

1931  Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet on this day in history.   

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

1932  On April - 10 the birth of Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor   

1932  Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) on April - 10.   

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

1932  Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history philip Corner, composer   

1934  On April - 10 stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1   

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

1936  On this day in history 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena   

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

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.   

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  On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)   

1656  On April - 10 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  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 April - 10.   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on April - 10.   

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies