Page 5: Historical Events In April - 10

1916  1st professional golf tournament held on April - 10.   

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

1917  On this day in history pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

1917  On this day in history robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)   

1919  Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos on April - 10.   

1919  Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 on this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

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

1923  On April - 10 floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)   

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 April - 10.   

1925  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies   

1929  On this day in history the birth of Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor   

1929  On this day in history dusan Radic, composer   

1929  Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1930  Synthetic rubber first produced on April - 10.   

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

1930  Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland) on April - 10.   

1931  On this day in history marcel van Maele, Belgian poet   

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

1932  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56   

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  200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history 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  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

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  On this day in history 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  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy   

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

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.   

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

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.