Historical Events In April - 10

1958  On April - 10 northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco   

1958  Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1959  Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda on April - 10.   

1960  On this day in history arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

1960  On April - 10 civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate   

1960  On April - 10 senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill   

1960  Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 on April - 10.   

1961  On April - 10 gary Player becomes first foreign golfer to win the Masters   

1961  Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1962  In Vermont a 4.2 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in Vermont on this day in history.   

1962  Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 on this day in history.   

1963  During diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs.   

1964  On this day in history iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)   

1965  On this day in history trois-Rivières Quebec German freighter Transatlantic sinks after colliding with Dutch ship Hermes; 3 sailors killed.   

1965  On April - 10 linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41   

1966  On this day in history river Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam   

1966  Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history charles Paton, dies at 96   

1971  On April - 10 uS table tennis team arrives in China PR   

1972  7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history an agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries   

1972  On April - 10 in Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5,000 and injuring 1,700.   

1972  On this day in history uS, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons   

1973  BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 on April - 10.   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir on this day in history.   

1974  On April - 10 patricia Collinge, dies at 81   

1975  On April - 10 marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85   

1979  Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian on this day in history.   

1979  On April - 10 henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91   

1980  Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 on April - 10.   

1981  "Caveman" with Ringo premiers on April - 10.   

1981  On April - 10 computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded   

1981  On this day in history imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment   

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1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer   

1651  On April - 10 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  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

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

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61   

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

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.