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10 Apr 1407
Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
10 Apr 1516
1st Jewish ghetto established Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
10 Apr 1607
The British colonial expedition that would found Jamestown departs Puerto Rico for the American mainland
10 Apr 1710
The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain
10 Apr 1741
War of the Austrian Succession Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz
10 Apr 1821
Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate his body thrown into the Bosphorus
10 Apr 1826
10500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a years siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
10 Apr 1841
New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
10 Apr 1845
More than 1000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
10 Apr 1856
The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University Vermont
10 Apr 1858
Big Ben a 13.76 tonne bell is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
10 Apr 1863
Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin Tennessee
10 Apr 1866
American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
10 Apr 1868
1st performance of Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
10 Apr 1869
Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
10 Apr 1869
Jos Mart founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
10 Apr 1871
William Hammond Halls maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
10 Apr 1872
1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
10 Apr 1872
1st Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska later changed to Apr 22
10 Apr 1874
British Open Golf Musselburgh Links Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr
10 Apr 1878
California Street Cable Car Railroad Co starts service
10 Apr 1882
Captain William Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
10 Apr 1884
US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
10 Apr 1896
Spyridon Louis of Greece wins inaugural Olympic marathon (25850) in Athens runs last lap accompanied by Constantine I
10 Apr 1896
High jumper Ellery Clark leads an American sweep of the placings with a leap of 1.81m at the Athens Olympics his 2nd victory of the Games after taking out the long jump
10 Apr 1896
American athlete Thomas Burke claims the sprint double at the Athens Olympics winning the 100m final in 12.0s his 2nd victory of the Games after success in the 400m
10 Apr 1898
First Navy Law is passed by the German Reichstag
10 Apr 1913
During the Montenegrin siege of Scutari the Montenegrin coastline is blockaded
10 Apr 1916
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City.
10 Apr 1917
Munition factory explosion at Eddystone Pennsylvania kills 133 workers
10 Apr 1919
Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos
10 Apr 1924
Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
10 Apr 1930
George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston
10 Apr 1930
Thiokol synthetic rubber 1st produced in Yardley New Jersey
10 Apr 1934
Stanley Cup Final Chicago Stadium Chicago IL Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings 1-0 in double OT for a 3-1 series win Black Hawks first Stanley Cup
10 Apr 1935
Vaughan Williams 4th Symphony premieres in London
10 Apr 1938
NY makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
10 Apr 1939
Colijns Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
10 Apr 1939
Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
10 Apr 1940
Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian national government
10 Apr 1943
12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis
10 Apr 1944
Patrolling the Ether is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
10 Apr 1945
General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of Fort Holland
10 Apr 1945
William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet premieres in NYC
10 Apr 1947
Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign a MLB contract Brooklyn GM Branch Rickey announces Dodgers had bought Robinsons contract from Montreal Royals
10 Apr 1948
Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
10 Apr 1953
Dag Hammarskjld becomes the 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations
10 Apr 1953
House of Wax 1st color 3-D movie premieres in New York
10 Apr 1953
NBA Championship Finals Minneapolis Auditorium Minnesota MN Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks 91-84 for a 4-1 series victory Lakers 5th title in 6 years
10 Apr 1954
KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
10 Apr 1954
108th Grand National Bryan Marshall wins aboard Royal Tan at 81 second consecutive GN victory for both Marshall and trainer Vincent OBrien
10 Apr 1954
Wales beats Scotland 15-3 at the St. Helens Ground Swansea to share Five Nations Rugby Championship with France and England Frances first title
10 Apr 1955
19th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Cary Middlecoff wins by a record 7 strokes ahead of Ben Hogan
10 Apr 1955
9th NBA Championship Syrac Nats beat Ft Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3
10 Apr 1955
Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely (last woman to be executed in the UK)
10 Apr 1956
Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
10 Apr 1956
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Jean Beliveau has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 3-2 for a 4-1 series win
10 Apr 1957
John Osbornes Entertainer premieres in London
10 Apr 1958
Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
10 Apr 1959
Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox gets a MLB Opening Day record tying 5 hits in 7 at-bats in a 14-inning 97 win in Detroit
10 Apr 1960
24th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC 1958 champion Arnold Palmer birdies the final 2 holes to win by 1 stroke over runner-up Ken Venturi
10 Apr 1961
25th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC South African Gary Player beats defending champion Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by 1 stroke to become first international champion Monday finish because of rain
10 Apr 1961
Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to JFK about New Guinea
10 Apr 1961
Washington Senators play first game in franchise history with President John F. Kennedy in attendance lose a 4-3 decision to the Chicago White Sox
10 Apr 1962
52564 fans attend first MLB game at LAs Dodger Stadium at Chavez Ravine a 6-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds
10 Apr 1962
Houston Colt .45s make their MLB debut with an 11-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at Colt Stadium outfielder Romn Mejas hits a pair of 3-run homers
10 Apr 1963
USS Thresher a nuclear powered submarine sinks 220 miles east of Boston killing 129 men including 17 civilians
10 Apr 1964
Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
10 Apr 1964
Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
10 Apr 1968
Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
10 Apr 1968
George M opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
10 Apr 1971
US table tennis team arrives in Peoples Republic of China
10 Apr 1971
Philadelphia Phillies open their new home Veterans Stadium with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos 55352 largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania
10 Apr 1971
The Republican commemorations is held in Belfast of the Easter Rising (in 1916 in Dublin) revealing conflicts between the two wings of the Irish Republican Army
10 Apr 1972
7.0 earthquake kills 15 of population of Iranian province of Fars
10 Apr 1972
US USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
10 Apr 1972
20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas
10 Apr 1972
Two British soldiers are killed in a bomb attack in Derry
10 Apr 1973
BEA flight to Basel Switzerland crashes on landing killing 104 of 143
10 Apr 1973
Kansas City Royals open their new park Royals Stadium with 12-1 rout of the Texas Rangers attendance 39476
10 Apr 1975
Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
10 Apr 1976
Brewers Don Moneys grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
10 Apr 1976
Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
10 Apr 1977
41st US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Tom Watson wins the first of his 2 green jackets 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus
10 Apr 1977
Beverly Klass wins LPGA Womens International Golf Satellite
10 Apr 1977
Cleveland Indians set club record for longest 9 inn game (317)
10 Apr 1978
Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
10 Apr 1979
J. R. Richard of the Houston Astros pitches a complete game but sets a MLB record by throwing 6 wild pitches in 2-1 win over the LA Dodgers at the Astrodome
10 Apr 1979
Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
10 Apr 1979
Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak A tornado lands in Wichita Falls Texas killing 42 people.
10 Apr 1981
Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
10 Apr 1981
Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament for Northern Ireland county of Fermanagh and South Tyrone
10 Apr 1982
LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period win in OT 6-5
10 Apr 1983
Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
10 Apr 1983
Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
10 Apr 1984
Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
10 Apr 1984
US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
10 Apr 1985
At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
10 Apr 1985
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
10 Apr 1986
Big Deal opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
10 Apr 1988
52nd US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Scotsman Sandy Lyle claims his second major title with a birdie on the 72nd hole to win by 1 stroke over Mark Calcavecchia
10 Apr 1988
8th Golden Raspberry Awards Leonard Part 6 wins
10 Apr 1988
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
10 Apr 1988
Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
10 Apr 1990
CUNYLehman College Bronx opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
10 Apr 1990
Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
10 Apr 1991
Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog killing about 138
10 Apr 1991
Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St NYC)
10 Apr 1991
Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (152.51)
10 Apr 1991
Rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola first to be documented by satellites
10 Apr 1992
Floriade (Flower Show) opens at The Hague Netherlands
10 Apr 1993
Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
10 Apr 1993
Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
10 Apr 1994
Les Miserables opens at Hiten Theatre Osaka
10 Apr 1994
58th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Jos Mara Olazbal wins the first of 2 Masters titles 2 strokes ahead of Tom Lehman 6th winner from Europe in the past 7 years
10 Apr 1995
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
10 Apr 1995
NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
10 Apr 1996
Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 kmh (220 kn 253 mph 113 ms) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island Australia
10 Apr 1998
The Good FridayBelfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
10 Apr 1999
152nd Grand National Irish 101 shot Bobbyjo ridden by jockey Paul Carberry wins by 10 lengths from Blue Charm
10 Apr 2005
69th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Tiger Woods wins his 4th green jacket on the 1st hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco
10 Apr 2005
Cricket Womens World Cup Australia defeats India by 98 runs
10 Apr 2005
At 16 years 271 days James Vaughan scores for Everton in a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park becomes youngest goalscorer in EPL history
10 Apr 2006
Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the Sensenbrenner Bill) in the United States.
10 Apr 2010
Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk Russia killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyski
10 Apr 2010
163rd Grand National Tony McCoy wins aboard 101 joint-favourite Dont Push It by 5 lengths ahead of Black Apalachi
10 Apr 2011
75th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Charl Schwartzel of South Africa birdies the final 4 holes to win his first major title 2 strokes ahead of Australian pair Adam Scott and Jason Day
10 Apr 1874
British Open Mens Golf Musselburgh Links Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr
10 Apr 1981
Imprisoned Provisional IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament for Northern Ireland county of Fermanagh and South Tyrone
10 Apr 2012
United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues
10 Apr 1930
Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley scores patient 223 in drawn 4th Test against England at Kingston Jamaica
10 Apr 1971
Philadelphia Phillies open their new home Veterans Stadium with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos 55352 largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania
10 Apr 1998
The Good Friday Agreement [Belfast Agreement] for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
10 Apr 2012
Apple Inc claims a value of 600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world
10 Apr 1802
Great Trigonometrical Survey begun to survey entire Indian subcontinent led by William Lambton and the East India Company (completed 1871)
10 Apr 1915
Castbergian Child Laws adopted in Norway - one of the first laws in the world to protect the welfare of extra-martial children [1]
10 Apr 1944
Soviet forces liberate Odessa from the Axis powers
10 Apr 1964
Demolition begins in Upper Manhattan New York City on Polo Grounds sports stadium (home to MLB Giants 1891-1957 Mets 1962-63 and NFL Jets 1960-63) to clear way for housing project
10 Apr 1985
Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating of STS 51-B mission
10 Apr 1913
New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees lose to the Washington Senators 2-1 at Griffith Stadium
10 Apr 1939
Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijns Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
10 Apr 1861
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is established by William Barton Rogers as a private land grant university in Cambridge Massachusetts
10 Apr 1936
200 mirror blank arrives from Corning Glass Works of New York at Caltechs optical shop in Pasadena California for use in Palomar Observatorys Hale Telescope the work takes 11-12 years [1]
10 Apr 1991
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded to John Updike for novel Rabbit At Rest
10 Apr 2013
Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands
10 Apr 2014
88 civilians are killed by barrel bombs from Syrian war planes in Aleppo Syria
10 Apr 2014
The Council of Europe suspends Russias right to vote
10 Apr 2016
Explosions and a fire caused by fireworks at Puttingal Temple in Kerala India kills more than 100 and injures nearly 400
10 Apr 2017
British Vogue magazine announces Edward Enninful as new editor first male and Black person to hold position
10 Apr 2017
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of state funds to cover it up
10 Apr 2019
China announces move to cull more than 1 million pigs in effort to eliminate African swine fever
10 Apr 2019
First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra Australia by Wing part of Googles Alphabet company
10 Apr 2019
Four tiny sweat bees removed alive from a womans eye in worlds first operation of its kind at Fooyin University Hospital Taiwan
10 Apr 2019
New species of human announced named Homo luzonensis 3ft tall remains dated 50-60000 years old found in cave on island of Luzon Philippines
10 Apr 2019
New York declares a public health emergency and compulsory vaccinations after a measles outbreak in Brooklyn with 285 cases
10 Apr 2023
Rare California poppy superbloom of organise poppies begins in Southern California around Lake Elinsore [1]
10 Apr 1516
Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area establishing the first Jewish ghetto
10 Apr 1972
The US USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons at the Biological Weapons Convention
10 Apr 2023
Rare California poppy superbloom of orange poppies begins in Southern California around Lake Elinsore [1]
10 Apr 2024
Avi Wigderson announced as the winner of the 2023 Turing Prize for his work in clarifying the role of randomness in algorithms [1]
10 Apr 1407
Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and receives the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
10 Apr 1589
Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg after the garrison of English and Dutch troops surrenders
10 Apr 1825
Nicaraguan Constituent Assembly meets in Len Nicaragua
10 Apr 1858
Big Ben a 13.76-tonne bell is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
10 Apr 1866
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is formed
10 Apr 1869
Congress increases the number of Supreme Court judges from seven to nine
10 Apr 1869
Cuban nationalist Jos Mart founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party
10 Apr 1871
William Hammond Halls maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park are accepted
10 Apr 1872
First National Colored Convention meets in New Orleans
10 Apr 1930
Thiokol Corporation begins producing the first synthetic rubber in Yardley New Jersey product is based on the earlier accidental discovery by chemists Joseph C. Patrick and Nathan Mnookin
10 Apr 1945
Antony Tudors ballet Undertow set to the music of William Schuman premieres Metropolitan Opera House in NYC
10 Apr 1953
House of Wax the first color 3-D movie premieres in New York
10 Apr 1957
John Osbornes stage drama The Entertainer premieres at the Royal Court Theatre in Londons West End
10 Apr 1957
Jordans Arabist government of Suleiman Nabulsi is forced to resign after escalating policy disputes with the royal family
10 Apr 1976
MLB Milwaukee Brewers Don Moneys grand slammer disallowed New York Yankees win 9-7
10 Apr 1979
Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak 22 tornadoes occur between Oklahoma and Texas killing 61 people
10 Apr 1996
Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) is 408 kmh (220 kn 253 mph 113 ms) during Tropical Cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island Australia
10 Apr 1998
The Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement) for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
10 Apr 2006
Hundreds of thousands protest against US immigration reforms contained in H.R. 4437 also known as the Sensenbrenner Bill