Page 5: Historical Events In April - 10

1916  On this day in history 1st professional golf tournament held   

1917  On April - 10 munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers   

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

1919  On April - 10 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 this day in history.   

1923  Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history kenneth Noland, American painter   

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

1925  On April - 10 czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)   

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 April - 10.   

1929  On April - 10 dusan Radic, composer   

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

1930  On this day in history synthetic rubber first produced   

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)   

1932  On this day in history adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)   

1932  Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 on April - 10.   

1933  On this day in history philip Corner, composer   

1934  Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 on April - 10.   

1935  Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

1937  On April - 10 algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.   

1512  On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

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  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.