April 10 Events |
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| April 10th, 2006 (April 10 2006) | Event | Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in the United States. | |
| April 10th, 1998 (April 10 1998) | Event | The Belfast Agreement is signed. | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Event | Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140. | |
| April 10th, 1991 (April 10 1991) | Event | A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. | |
| April 10th, 1979 (April 10 1979) | Event | Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. | |
| April 10th, 1973 (April 10 1973) | Event | A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104. | |
| April 10th, 1972 (April 10 1972) | Event | 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas. | Sallust Quotes |
| April 10th, 1972 (April 10 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. | |
| April 10th, 1971 (April 10 1971) | Event | 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. | |
| April 10th, 1968 (April 10 1968) | Event | Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour. | |
| April 10th, 1963 (April 10 1963) | Event | 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at at sea. | |
| April 10th, 1959 (April 10 1959) | Event | Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko. | |
| April 10th, 1957 (April 10 1957) | Event | The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. | |
| April 10th, 1944 (April 10 1944) | Event | Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. | |
| April 10th, 1941 (April 10 1941) | Event | World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelic s Ustase fascist insurgents in power. | |
| April 10th, 1933 (April 10 1933) | Event | New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created. | |
| April 10th, 1925 (April 10 1925) | Event | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner s Sons. | F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes |
| April 10th, 1919 (April 10 1919) | Event | Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. | |
| April 10th, 1916 (April 10 1916) | Event | The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. | |
| April 10th, 1912 (April 10 1912) | Event | The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage. | |
| April 10th, 1874 (April 10 1874) | Event | The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. | |
| April 10th, 1869 (April 10 1869) | Event | Jose Marti founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party. | Jose Marti Quotes |
| April 10th, 1868 (April 10 1868) | Event | At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops. | |
| April 10th, 1866 (April 10 1866) | Event | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. | |
| April 10th, 1865 (April 10 1865) | Event | American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. | |
| April 10th, 1864 (April 10 1864) | Event | Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico. | |
| April 10th, 1858 (April 10 1858) | Event | The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner s of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date. | |
| April 10th, 1857 (April 10 1857) | Event | The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement. | |
| April 10th, 1856 (April 10 1856) | Event | The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University. | |
| April 10th, 1826 (April 10 1826) | Event | The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. | Solon Quotes |
| April 10th, 1821 (April 10 1821) | Event | Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. | |
| April 10th, 1816 (April 10 1816) | Event | The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States. | |
| April 10th, 1815 (April 10 1815) | Event | The Mount Tambora volcano begins its peak eruption period that lasts until July 15. | |
| April 10th, 1741 (April 10 1741) | Event | War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz. | |
| April 10th, 1710 (April 10 1710) | Event | The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain. | |
| April 10th, 1606 (April 10 1606) | Event | 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. | James I of England Quotes |
| April 10th, 1500 (April 10 1500) | Event | Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. | |
| April 10th, 1407 (April 10 1407) | Event | the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma. | |
| April 10th, 0879 (April 10 0879) | Event | Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. | |
