April 10

April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances

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
1988 - the comic strip Fox Trot deputes
1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed

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)
1794 - Matthew Perry, American Commodore who forced the opening of Japan to the West (†1858)
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

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December