April 10
April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining.
Events
- 1912 - The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England
- 1933 - The Civilian Conservation Corps is created
- 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
- 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
- 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed
Births
- 1583 - Hugo Grotius, jurist (+ 1645)
- 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, physician, originator of homeopathy (+ 1843)
- 1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, queen of Holland as wife of Louis Bonaparte (+ 1837)
- 1829 - William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (+ 1912)
- 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and publisher (+ 1911)
- 1868 - George Arliss, actor (+ 1946)
- 1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Premier of the Soviet Union (+ 1924)
- 1910 - Eddy Duchin, musician (+ 1951)
- 1913 - Stefan Heym, author
- 1915 - Harry Morgan, actor
- 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward chemist (+ 1979-07-08)
- 1918 - Jørn Utzon, architect
- 1921 - Chuck Connors, actor, baseball player (+ 1992)
- 1929 - Max von Sydow, actor
- 1932 - Omar Sharif, actor
- 1934 - David Halberstam, writer
- 1936 - John Madden, American football coach, broadcaster
- 1941 - Paul Theroux, author
- 1950 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist (P-Funk, The Temptations)
- 1951 - Steven Seagal, actor
- 1958 - Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, music producer, film producer
- 1959 - Brian Setzer, musician ("The Stray Cats", "The Brian Setzer Orchestra")
- 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, artist
- 1980 - Charlie Hunnam, actor
- 1983 - Ryan Merriman, actor
- 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, actor
Deaths
- 1585 - Pope Gregory XIII
- 1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France
- 1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange mathematician
- 1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, painter
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary
- 1931 - Khalil Gibran - Lebanese poet and painter
- 1939 - Alfredo Panzini, writer
- 1940 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, actress
- 1945 - Charles Nordhoff, writer
- 1954 - Auguste Lumière, motion picture pioneer
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, original bass player for The Beatles
- 1962 - Michael Curtiz, director
- 1965 - Linda Darnell, actress
- 1966 - Evelyn Waugh, writer
- 1975 - Marjorie Main, actress
- 1975 - Josephine Baker, dancer
- 1979 - Nino Rota, composer
- 1993 - Chris Hani, activist
- 1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat biochemist
- 2000 - Larry Linville, actor
- 2001 - Willie Stargell, baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Holidays and observances
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
April 9 - April 11 - March 10 - May 10 - more historical anniversaries