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April Tenth.
April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 428 – Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 837 – Halley's Comet and Earth experienced their closest approach to one another when their separating distance equalled 0.0342 AU (3.2 million miles).
- 879 – Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
- 1407 – the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
- 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
- 1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- 1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, enters into force in Great Britain.
- 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
- 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when Austria invades Bavaria.
- 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
- 1816 – The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
- 1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- 1856 – The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
- 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
- 1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
- 1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- 1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
- 1874 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- 1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
- 1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of The Law.
- 1912 – The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
- 1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- 1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
- 1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
- 1941 – World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
- 1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
- 1953 – Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
- 1957 – The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
- 1959 – Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
- 1963 – 129 American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
- 1968 – Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
- 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
- 1971 – Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
- 1972 – 20 days after he is kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is murdered by communist guerrillas.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
- 1972 – Seventy-four nations sign the Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of biological weapons.
- 1973 – A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
- 1979 – Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
- 1991 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
- 1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
- 1992 – The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he will suspend the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
- 2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.
Births
- 401 – Theodosius II, Roman emperor (d. 450)
- 1512 – James V of Scotland, Scottish king (d. 1542)
- 1583 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
- 1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
- 1656 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
- 1704 – Benjamin Heath, English scholar (d. 1766)
- 1707 – Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)
- 1713 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
- 1735 – Button Gwinnett, English-American political leader, Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
- 1755 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
- 1756 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1831)
- 1762 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
- 1778 – William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
- 1783 – Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen Consort of Holland (d. 1837)
- 1794 – Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
- 1796 – James "Jim" Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
- 1806 – Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)
- 1827 – Lew Wallace, American Civil War figure and novelist (d. 1905)
- 1829 – William Booth, British preacher, founder of The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
- 1837 – Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
- 1847 – Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
- 1864 – Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
- 1865 – Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
- 1867 – George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
- 1868 – George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
- 1873 – Kyösti Kallio, Finnish politician, fourth President of Finland (d. 1940)
- 1877 – Alfred Kubin, Austrian expressionist illustrator and writer (d. 1959)
- 1880 – Frances Perkins, American politician and 4th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)
- 1880 – Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
- 1880 – Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
- 1887 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1891 – Frank Barson, English footballer (d. 1968)
- 1894 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
- 1897 – Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
- 1903 – Clare Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
- 1910 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
- 1911 – Martin Denny, American piano player and composer (d. 2005)
- 1911 – Maurice Schumann, French politician, journalist and writer (d. 1998)
- 1912 – Boris Kidrič, Slovenian politician (d. 1953)
- 1913 – Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
- 1915 – Harry Morgan, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1916 – Lee Jung Seob, Korean painter (d. 1956)
- 1917 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1918 – Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat (d. 2008)
- 1921 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
- 1923 – Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
- 1924 – Kenneth Noland, American painter (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Linda Goodman, American astrologer (d. 1995)
- 1925 – Angelo Poffo, American wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Junior Samples, American comedian (d. 1983)
- 1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
- 1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- 1930 – Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist, composer, and actor
- 1930 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor and comedian (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
- 1930 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (d. 1990)
- 1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
- 1933 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
- 1934 – David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
- 1935 – John A. Bennett, American soldier (d. 1961)
- 1936 – John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
- 1936 – Bobbie Smith, American singer (The Spinners)
- 1937 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster (d. 2010)
- 1939 – Claudio Magris, Italian author
- 1940 – Gloria Hunniford, Irish television and radio presenter
- 1941 – Paul Theroux, American author
- 1942 – Ian Callaghan, English footballer
- 1942 – Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
- 1943 – Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Margaret Pemberton, née Hudson, English writer
- 1946 – David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
- 1946 – Bob Watson, American baseball player and executive
- 1946 – Adolf Winkelmann, German director
- 1947 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer and musician (The Wailers)
- 1949 – Daniel Mangeas, French sports commentator
- 1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
- 1950 – Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Funkadelic, Parliament, and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
- 1950 – Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and actor
- 1951 – David Helvarg, American journalist and activist
- 1952 – Narayan Rane, Indian politician
- 1952 – Steven Seagal, Americian actor and martial artist
- 1953 – Pamela Wallin, Canadian Senator, journalist, and diplomat
- 1954 – Paul Bearer, American wrestling manager
- 1954 – Anne Lamott, American writer
- 1954 – Peter MacNicol, American actor
- 1955 – Lesley Garrett, British soprano
- 1957 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (d. 2006)
- 1957 – Steven Gustafson, American musician (10,000 Maniacs)
- 1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer
- 1958 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian pianist
- 1958 – Babyface, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (After 7 and The Deele)
- 1959 – Uwe Behrens, German footballer
- 1959 – Davy Carton, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Saw Doctors and Blaze X)
- 1959 – Yvan Loubier, Canadian politician
- 1959 – Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats and The Tomcats)
- 1960 – Steve Bisciotti, American football team owner
- 1960 – Katrina Leskanich, American singer and musician (Katrina and the Waves)
- 1960 – Terry Teagle, American basketball player
- 1961 – Nicky Campbell, Scottish television and radio presenter
- 1961 – Joe Cole, American roadie (d. 1991)
- 1962 – Steve Tasker, American football player
- 1963 – Warren DeMartini, American musician (Ratt)
- 1963 – Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician
- 1963 – Jeff Gray, American baseball player
- 1964 – Felicia Collins, American guitarist and singer (CBS Orchestra)
- 1965 – Tim Alexander, American musician (Primus)
- 1967 – Donald Dufresne, Canadian hockey player
- 1967 – David Rovics, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
- 1969 – Billy Jayne, American actor
- 1969 – Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
- 1969 – Mike Mushok, American musician (Staind)
- 1970 – Enrico Ciccone, Canadian hockey player
- 1970 – Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
- 1970 – Kenny Lattimore, American singer
- 1970 – Dylan Keefe, American bassist (Marcy Playground)
- 1970 – Q-Tip, American rapper and producer (A Tribe Called Quest)
- 1971 – Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 – Brad William Henke, American actor
- 1973 – Guillaume Canet, French actor and director
- 1973 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 – Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
- 1973 – Christopher Simmons, American graphic designer, writer, and educator
- 1974 – Eric Greitens, American military officer
- 1974 – Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
- 1974 – Henning Wehn, German comedian
- 1975 – Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever)
- 1975 – Matthew Phillips, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
- 1976 – Sara Renner, Canadian skier
- 1978 – Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist (Negative)
- 1979 – Kenyon Coleman, American football player
- 1979 – Shemekia Copeland, American singer
- 1979 – Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
- 1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer and actor (KinKi Kids)
- 1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer (Theaudience)
- 1979 – Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
- 1980 – Sean Avery, Canadian hockey player
- 1980 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
- 1980 – Kasey Kahne, American race car driver
- 1980 – Bryce Soderberg, American musician (Lifehouse)
- 1981 – Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder
- 1981 – Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
- 1981 – Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
- 1981 – Michael Pitt, American actor
- 1981 – Alexei Semenov, Russian hockey player
- 1982 – Andre Ethier, American baseball player
- 1982 – Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
- 1983 – Jamie Chung, American actress
- 1983 – Ryan Merriman, American actor
- 1983 – Haig Sutherland, Canadian actor
- 1984 – Faustina Agolley, Australian journalist, producer, and television personality
- 1984 – Jeremy Barrett, American figure skater
- 1984 – Cara DeLizia, American actress
- 1984 – Billy Kay, American actor
- 1984 – Natasha Melnick, American actress
- 1984 – Mandy Moore, American singer and actress
- 1985 – Dion Phaneuf, Canadian hockey player
- 1985 – Paula Reca, Argentine actress
- 1986 – Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
- 1986 – Andrea Cesaro, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
- 1986 – Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
- 1986 – Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
- 1986 – Ben Torgersen, American actor
- 1987 – Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano (Celtic Woman)
- 1987 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian Actress
- 1987 – Jamie Renée Smith, American actress
- 1987 – Liana Werner-Gray, Australian model and actress
- 1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
- 1990 – Ben Amos, English footballer
- 1990 – Giorgos Economides, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1990 – Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor
- 1991 – A.J. Michalka, American actress, model, and singer (78violet)
- 1991 – Sergiusz Żymełka, Polish actor
- 1996 – Emily Rose Everhard, American actress
- 1998 – Ashley Ausburn, American actress
- 2007 – Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
Deaths
- 879 – Louis the Stammerer of the West Franks (b. 846)
- 948 – Hugh of Italy
- 1533 – Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
- 1545 – Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
- 1585 – Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
- 1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrée, French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- 1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
- 1619 – Thomas Jones, Dublin archbishop (b. c. 1550)
- 1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
- 1646 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
- 1667 – Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (b. 1595)
- 1704 – William Egon of Fürstenberg, German clergyman Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
- 1706 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
- 1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
- 1760 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
- 1786 – John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
- 1806 – Horatio Gates, British-American general (b. 1727)
- 1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician (b. 1736)
- 1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
- 1871 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentine military (b. 1789)
- 1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
- 1904 – Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
- 1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
- 1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
- 1920 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
- 1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
- 1938 – Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
- 1942 – Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (b. 1881)
- 1945 – Charles Nordhoff, English writer (b. 1887)
- 1945 – H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
- 1954 – Auguste Lumière, French filmmaker (b. 1862)
- 1954 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
- 1955 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
- 1958 – Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
- 1960 – André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
- 1962 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director (b. 1886)
- 1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
- 1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
- 1965 – Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1966 – Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
- 1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
- 1969 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
- 1975 – Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1979 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
- 1980 – Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
- 1983 – Issam Sartawi, Palestine Liberation Organization figure (b. 1935)
- 1986 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
- 1991 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1992 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
- 1993 – Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
- 1995 – Morarji Desai, Indian statesman (b. 1896)
- 1997 – Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
- 1998 – Jack Clemmons, American police officer (b. 1924)
- 1998 – Archbishop Seraphim of Athens (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German biochemist (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
- 2000 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
- 2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (Amadeus Quartet) (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (Bleed the Dream) (b. 1970)
- 2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
- 2007 – Charles Philippe Leblond, Canadian pioneer of cell biology (b. 1910)
- 2007 – Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
- 2010 – Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, including:
- 2010 – Dixie Carter, American actress (b. 1939)
- 2010 – Arthur Mercante, Sr., American referee (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1964)
- 2011 – Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican archbishop (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances
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