Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

1958  On this day in history northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco   

1958  On this day in history chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30   

1959  Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda on this day in history.   

1960  Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on this day in history.   

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on April - 10.   

1960  Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill on April - 10.   

1960  Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  Gary Player becomes first foreign golfer to win the Masters on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65   

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

1962  On this day in history stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21   

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 April - 10 parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs.   

1964  Iranian motor launch catches fire &sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) on April - 10.   

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

1965  Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 on this day in history.   

1966  On April - 10 river Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam   

1966  On April - 10 christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71   

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

1971  US table tennis team arrives in China PR on April - 10.   

1972  7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars on April - 10.   

1972  An agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries on April - 10.   

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

1972  On April - 10 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 April - 10.   

1974  On April - 10 patricia Collinge, dies at 81   

1975  Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1979  On April - 10 soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian   

1979  Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 on April - 10.   

1980  On this day in history kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65   

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

1981  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)   

1512  On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)   

1569  On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon   

1583  On April - 10 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  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 this day in history 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  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.   

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

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

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

1545  On April - 10 death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer   

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