Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

1958  Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco on this day in history.   

1958  Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 on April - 10.   

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

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

1960  Civil Rights Bill passed in the American Senate on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill   

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

1961  On this day in history gary Player becomes first foreign golfer to win the Masters   

1961  On April - 10 irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65   

1962  On April - 10 in Vermont a 4.2 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in Vermont.   

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 April - 10 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  Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 on April - 10.   

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

1966  Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 on April - 10.   

1970  Charles Paton, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1972  In Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5,000 and injuring 1,700 on this day in history.   

1972  US, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons on this day in history.   

1973  BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 on this day in history.   

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

1974  Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

1981  On this day in history computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded   

1981  On April - 10 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 April - 10.   

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on April - 10.   

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.   

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)   

1695  On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian   

0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.   

0947  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies   

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies