Page 7: Historical Events In April - 10

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

1958  On April - 10 chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30   

1959  On this day in history japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda   

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

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

1960  Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1963  On April - 10 during diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA   

1963  Parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs on April - 10.   

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

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

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

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

1966  On this day in history christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71   

1970  On April - 10 charles Paton, dies at 96   

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

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

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  US, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons on April - 10.   

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

1974  Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir on April - 10.   

1974  Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 on April - 10.   

1975  On this day in history marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85   

1979  On this day in history soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian   

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

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

1981  "Caveman" with Ringo premiers on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 10 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 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 this day in history.   

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  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  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies   

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

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