April 10th archived daily history

Today April 10th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009

Events
879 – Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
1407 – the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1710 – The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins its peak eruption period that lasts until July 15.
1816 – The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1856 – The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
1857 – The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the Revolt of 1857 broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement.
1858 – The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner s of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
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.
1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
1869 – José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
1874 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
1912 – The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner s Sons.
1933 – New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
1941 – World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelic s Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1957 – The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
1959 – Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
1963 – 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1968 – Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
1971 – Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People s Republic of China hosts 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 – Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1991 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1998 – The Belfast Agreement is signed.

Births
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)
1656 – René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1704 – Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1735 – Button Gwinnett, Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
1755 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
1762 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 – William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1794 – Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
1796 – James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1829 – William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1837 – Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1847 – Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1864 – Eugen d Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
1865 – Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 – George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1868 – George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
1880 – Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1880 – Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
1882 – Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
1887 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1891 – Frank Barson, English footballer
1894 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1897 – Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
1903 – Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
1910 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
1911 – Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
1913 – Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
1915 – Harry Morgan, American actor
1917 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1918 – Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
1921 – Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
1921 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1923 – Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
1924 – Kenneth Noland, American painter
1925 – Linda Goodman, New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet (d. 1995
1926 – Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1929 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
1930 – Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
1930 – Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
1930 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (d. 2006)
1930 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
1933 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 – David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1934 – Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 – John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (d. 1961)
1936 – John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
1937 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1938 – Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
1940 – Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter
1941 – Paul Theroux, American author
1942 – Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942 – Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1943 – Andrzej Badenski, Polish athlete
1946 – David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
1947 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1950 – Barry M. Riemer, American author
1950 – Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1950 – Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
1951 – David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1951 – Steven Seagal, American actor
1954 – Peter MacNicol, American actor
1955 – Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 – John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 – Steve Gustafson, American musician
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer
1958 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1958 – Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, American music producer
1959 – Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
1959 – Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
1960 – Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
1960 – Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1961 – Joe Cole (roadie), American roadie (d. 1991)
1962 – Steve Tasker, American football player
1963 – Warren DeMartini, American musician
1963 – Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 – Tim Alexander, American musician
1967 – Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – David Rovics, American folksinger
1968 – Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 – Billy Jayne, American actor
1969 – Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1970 – Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 – Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
1970 – Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 – Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 – Q-Tip, American musician
1971 – Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Ed Byrne, Irish stand up comedian/voice over artist
1973 – Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
1973 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1973 – Christopher Simmons, American designer
1974 – Eric Greitens, American former military officer
1974 – Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1975 – Chris Carrabba, American singer
1976 – Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1979 – Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 – Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1979 – Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1980 – Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 – Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 – Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1981 – Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
1981 – Liz McClarnon, British singer
1981 – Michael Pitt, American actor
1981 – Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
1982 – Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1983 – Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 – Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1985 – Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
1985 – Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
1986 – Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1986 – Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1987 – Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
1990 – Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1990 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1990 – Ben Amos, English footballer
1991 – Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
2007 – Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess

Deaths
879 – Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)
948 – King Hugh of Italy
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)
1619 – Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c. 1550)
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)
1786 – John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
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)
1904 – Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
1920 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1938 – Joe King Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1945 – Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945 – H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
1954 – Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
1954 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 – Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
1958 – Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1962 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
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 – Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
1979 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
1980 – Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
1986 – Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
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)
1999 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
2000 – Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2000 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2005 – Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005 – Scott Gottlieb, American Drummer (Bleed the Dream) (b. 1970)
2007 – Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances
Saint Fulbert of Chartres
James, Azadanus and Abdicius
Saint Paternus