April 10th in History
Advertising poster for RMS Titanic and her sister ship RMS Olympic. The Titanic set sail April 10, 1912.
Today in History
- Halley’s Comet makes its closest approach to Earth (837)
- The first copyright law (The Statute of Anne) takes effect (1710)
- Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins (1755)
- The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded (1866)
- RMS Titanic sets sail on her first (and final) voyage (1912)
- The Great Gatsby is published (1925)
- The first 3-D film from a major American studio (House of Wax) is released (1953)
- The submarine USS Thresher sinks (1963)
- Paul McCartney announces he is leaving The Beatles (1970)
- US bombing of North Vietnam begins (1972)
- A Northern Ireland peace deal (the Good Friday Agreement) is reached (1998)
Birthdays
- Samuel Hahnemann, developer of homeopathy (1755)
- Matthew C. Perry, American admiral (1794)
- Lew Wallace, general, politician, and author of Ben Hur (1827)
- William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (1829)
- Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and publisher, established the Pulitzer Prize (1847)
- Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, first woman appointed to a Cabinet position (1880)
- Clare Boothe Luce, politician and diplomat (1903)
- Harry Morgan, actor (1915)
- Robert Burns Woodward, chemist and Nobel laureate (1917)
- Chuck Connors, actor (1921)
- Sheb Wooley, singer (1921)
- Junior Samples, Hee Haw regular (1926)
- Max von Sydow, actor (1929)
- Omar Sharif, actor (1932)
- David Halberstam, journalist (1934)
- John Madden, football coach and player, sportscaster, and video game namesake (1936)
- Don Meredith, football player and sportscaster (1938)
- Ken Griffey Sr., baseball player and manager (1950)
- Steven Segal, actor and martial artist (1952)
- John M. Ford, author (1957)
- Brian Setzer, musician (1959)
- Orlando Jones, actor (1968)
- Mandy Moore, actress, singer-songwriter (1984)
- Haley Joel Osment, actor (1988)
Deaths
- Louis the Stammerer, monarch (879)
- Pope Gregory XIII, calendar namesake (1585)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange, astronomer and mathematician (1813)
- Algernon Swinburne, poet (1909)
- Emiliano Zapata, general (1919)
- Kahlil Gibran (جبران خليل جبران), poet (1931)
- Joe “King” Oliver, coronet player (1938)
- Charles Nordhoff, author (1947)
- Auguste Lumière, first filmmaker (1948)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, priest and philosopher (1955)
- Michael Curtiz, director and producer (1962)
- Stuart Sutcliffe, original Beatle (1962)
- Linda Darnell, actress (1965)
- Evelyn Waugh, author (1966)
- Marjorie Main, actress (1975)
- Natalie Schafer, actress, “Lovey” on Gilligan’s Island (1991)
- Sam Kinison, comedian (1992)
- Larry Linville, actor, “Frank Burns” on M*A*S*H (2000)
- Little Eva (Eva Boyd), pop singer (2003)
- Dixie Carter, actress (2010)
- Robert Edwards, physiologist and Nobel laureate (2013)
Holidays and Celebrations
- ASPCA Day (United States)
- Golfer’s Day (United States)
- National Siblings Day (United States)
- Salvation Army Founders’ Day (Salvation Army worldwide)
Informal and made-up holidays include National Cinnamon Crescent Day, National Farm Animals Day, Safety Pin Day, Stories Day,
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April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining until the end of the year.