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April 10April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining.
For the song "April Tenth" by Garbage, see beautifulgarbage Events - 1815 - Mount Tambora eruption covers several islands with ash in Indonesia.
- 1816 - The U.S. government approved the creation of a Second Bank of the United States.
- 1865 - American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- 1906 - The Four Million, O. Henry's second short story collection, is published.
- 1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City by 82 charter members.
- 1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
- 1933 - New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
- 1938 - douard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1939 - Dr. I.Q., the Mental Banker debuts.
- 1941 - World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
- 1944 - Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.
- 1953 - The House of Wax opens at New York City's Paramount Theater (it was the first color feature in 3-D).
- 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
- 1959 - Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko (ne Michiko Shoda), a commoner.
- 1963 - The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians)
- 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: 48 percent of the Americans polled in a Gallup Poll approve of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's Vietnam policy, while 41 percent disapprove.
- 1971 - Cold War: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China host the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
- 1972 - 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
- 1972 - Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
- 1973 - A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
- 1979 - On the day known to meteorologists as "terrible Tuesday", a tornado hits in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado).
- 1988 - The comic strip Fox Trot dbuts.
- 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
Births - 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
- 1512 - Prince James Stewart, later King James V of Scotland (exact date uncertain) (d. 1542)
- 1583 - Hugo Grotius, jurist (d. 1645)
- 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, physician, originator of homeopathy (d. 1843)
- 1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
- 1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, queen of Holland as wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)
- 1794 - Matthew Perry, American Commodore who forced the opening of Japan to the West (d. 1858)
- 1829 - William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
- 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
- 1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist
- 1868 - George Arliss, actor (d. 1946)
- 1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924)
- 1880 - Montague Summers, English writer on the theatre and the occult (d. 1948)
- 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist, Gandhian and educationist
- 1910 - Eddy Duchin, musician (d. 1951)
- 1913 - Stefan Heym, author
- 1915 - Harry Morgan, actor
- 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward chemist (d. 1979-07-08)
- 1918 - Jrn Utzon, architect
- 1921 - Chuck Connors, actor, baseball player (d. 1992)
- 1929 - Max von Sydow, actor
- 1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and flutist
- 1932 - Omar Sharif, actor
- 1934 - David Halberstam, writer
- 1936 - John Madden, American football coach, broadcaster
- 1938 - Don Meredith, American football quarterback, Monday Night Football broadcaster
- 1941 - Paul Theroux, author
- 1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
- 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., Major League Baseball player
- 1950 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist (P-Funk, The Temptations)
- 1951 - Steven Seagal, actor
- 1954 - Peter MacNicol, actor
- 1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
- 1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian pianist
- 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, music producer, musician, film producer
- 1960 - Brian Setzer, musician
- 1960 - Katrina Leskanich, singer, DJ, lead vocalist of Katrina and the Waves
- 1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
- 1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist, member of the International Solidarity Movement (d. 2003)
- 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, artist
- 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer
- 1980 - Charlie Hunnam, actor
- 1983 - Ryan Merriman, actor
- 1984 - Mandy Moore, pop singer
- 1987 - Hayley Westenra, singer
- 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, actor
Deaths - 1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
- 1599 - Gabrielle d'Estre, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- 1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange mathematician (b. 1736)
- 1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, painter (b. 1828)
- 1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (b. 1909)
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary (b. 1879)
- 1931 - Khalil Gibran - Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
- 1939 - Alfredo Panzini, writer
- 1940 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, nee Beatrice Stella Tanner, British actress, (b. 1865)
- 1945 - Charles Nordhoff, writer
- 1954 - Auguste Lumire, cinema pioneer (b. 1862)
- 1962 - Michael Curtiz, director (b. 1886)
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, original bass player for The Beatles (b. 1940)
- 1965 - Linda Darnell, actress (b. 1923)
- 1966 - Evelyn Waugh, writer (b. 1903)
- 1968 - Gustavs Celmins, politician (b. 1899)
- 1969 - Harley J. Earl, automobile designer, father of the Chevrolet Corvette
- 1975 - Josephine Baker, dancer (b. 1906)
- 1975 - Marjorie Main, actress (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Nino Rota, composer (b. 1911)
- 1993 - Chris Hani, activist
- 1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, biochemist (b. 1910)
- 2000 - Peter Jones, comedian and scriptwriter (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Larry Linville, actor
- 2001 - Willie Stargell, baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1940)
- 2003 - Little Eva, singer (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances External links
April 9 - April 11 - March 10 - May 10 -- listing of all days
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