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April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years ). There are 265 days remaining.
There is also a song called "April Tenth " by Garbage .
Events
1741 - Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz
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.
1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh .
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 - Édouard 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 (née Michiko Shoda), a commoner.
1963 - The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians)
1968 - Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
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 débuts.
1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Angola ; the first of its kind to be documented by Satelites .
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
Births
1389 to 1899
1389 - Cosimo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (d. 1464 )
1583 - Hugo Grotius , Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645 )
1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician (d. 1708 )
1704 - Benjamin Heath , English classical scholar (d. 1766 )
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann , German physician (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 (d. 1858 )
1829 - William Booth , English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912 )
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer , American journalist and publisher (d. 1911 )
1867 - George William Russell , Irish nationalist (d. 1935 )
1868 - George Arliss , English actor (d. 1946 )
1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin , Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924 )
1880 - Montague Summers , English writer (d. 1948 )
1882 - Frances Perkins , American politician (d. 1965 )
1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla , Indian industrialist (d. 1983 )
1900 to 1999
1910 - Eddy Duchin , musician (d. 1951 )
1910 - Paul Sweezy , American economist and or (d. 2004 )
1913 - Stefan Heym , German-born author (d. 2001 )
1915 - Harry Morgan , American actor
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979 )
1918 - Jørn Utzon , Danish architect
1921 - Chuck Connors , American actor and baseball player (d. 1992 )
1921 - Sheb Wooley , American actor and singer (d. 2003 )
1926 - Junior Samples , American country musician (d. 1983 )
1929 - Max von Sydow , Swedish actor
1930 - Claude Bolling , French jazz composer and pianist
1932 - Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor
1934 - David Halberstam , American writer
1934 - Vladimir Posner , Russian journalist
1936 - John Madden , American football coach and broadcaster
1937 - Bella Akhmadulina , Russian poet
1938 - Don Merh , American football player and broadcaster
1941 - Paul Theroux , American author
1943 - Andrzej Badeński , Polish athlete
1946 - David Angell , American television producer (d. 2001 )
1947 - Bunny Wailer , Jamaican musician
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr. , baseball player
1950 - Eddie Hazel , American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations ) (d. 1992 )
1951 - David Helvarg , American journalist and environmental activist
1951 - Steven Seagal , American actor
1954 - Peter MacNicol , actor
1955 - Lesley Garrett , British soprano
1958 - Yefim Bronfman , Russian-born pianist
1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds , American music producer, musician, and film producer
1960 - Brian Setzer , American musician
1960 - Katrina Leskanich , American singer (Katrina and the Waves )
1960 - Afrika Bambaataa , American musician and activist
1962 - Steve Tasker , American football player
1965 - Tim Alexander , American musician
1968 - Orlando Jones , American actor and comedian
1969 - Billy Jayne , American actor
1970 - Kenny Lattimore , American singer
1973 - Roberto Carlos da Silva , Brazilian footballer
1973 - Christopher Simmons , American designer
1975 - Chris Carrabba , American singer (Dashboard Confessional )
1979 - Rachel Corrie , American activist (d. 2003 )
1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese artist
1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer
1979 - Shemekia Copeland , American singer
1980 - Charlie Hunnam , British actor
1983 - Ryan Merriman , American actor
1984 - Mandy Moore , American singer
1984 - Michael Priebe, United States Marine
1987 - Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano
1988 - Haley Joel Osment , American actor
1991 - Amanda Michalka , American actress/singer
Deaths
879 to 1899
879 - Louis the Stammerer , King of the West Franks (b. 846 )
1512 - King James V of Scotland (d. 1542 )
1533 - King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471 )
1545 - Costanzo Festa , Italian composer
1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502 )
1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée , mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571 )
1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish poet (b. 1562 )
1640 - Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer (b. 1578 )
1646 - Santino Solari , Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576 )
1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg , Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629 )
1706 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall , Irish soldier (b. 1666 )
1756 - Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer (d. 1661 )
1760 - Jean Lebeuf , French historian (b. 1687 )
1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736 )
1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher (b. 1757 )
1862 - W.H.L. Wallace , American Union general (b. 1821 )
1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti , English poet and painter (b. 1828 )
1900 to 1999
1904 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1930
1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet (b. 1909 )
1919 - Emiliano Zapata , Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879 )
1931 - Khalil Gibran , Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883 )
1945 - Charles Nordhoff , English-born writer (b. 1887 )
1954 - Auguste Lumière , French film pioneer (b. 1862 )
1962 - Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-born director (b. 1886 )
1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe , English musician (The Beatles ) (b. 1940 )
1965 - Linda Darnell , American actress (b. 1923 )
1966 - Evelyn Waugh , English writer (b. 1903 )
1968 - Gustavs Celmins , Latvian politician (b. 1899 )
1969 - Harley J. Earl , American automobile designer (b. 1893 )
1975 - Josephine Baker , American dancer (b. 1906 )
1975 - Marjorie Main , American actress (b. 1890 )
1979 - Nino Rota , Italian composer (b. 1911 )
1986 - Linda Creed , American songwriter (b. 1949 )
1991 - Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (b. 1955 )
1991 - Natalie Schafer , American actress (b. 1900 )
1992 - Sam Kinison , American comedian (b. 1953 )
1993 - Chris Hani , South African activist (b. 1942 )
1994 - Sam B. Hall , American politician (b. 1924 )
1995 - Morarji Desai , Indian activist (b. 1896 )
1997 - Michael Dorris , American author (b. 1945 )
1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat , German-born biochemist (b. 1910 )
2000 onwards
Holidays and observances
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April 9 - April 11 - March 10 - May 10 -- listing of all days
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