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Births

Deaths

Holidays and Observances

Liturgical observances

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Events

★ 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.

★ 1500 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and handed over to the French.

★ 1606 - The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was 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.

★ 1790 - United States Patent system established

★ 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.

★ 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 - Theta Chi Fraternity 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.

★ 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.

★ 1865 - The last photograph of Abraham Lincoln alive was taken.

★ 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.

★ 1896 - Spiridon Louis wins the marathon of the first Olympic Games.

★ 1906 - ''The Four Million'', O. Henry's second short story collection, is published.

★ 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.

★ 1924 - The first train robbery is reported in Greece outside the city of Larissa.

★ 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York, New York by Charles Scribner's Sons.

★ 1933 - New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.

★ 1938 - Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France.

★ 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 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.

★ 1944 - Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.

★ 1953 - The first 3D film is released in New York.

★ 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.

★ 1959 - Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.

★ 1963 - The submarine USS ''Thresher'' is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians).

★ 1964 - The Polo Grounds are demolished.

★ 1968 - Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.

★ 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he's leaving The Beatles.

★ 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 - 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.

★ 1978 - Volkswagen becomes only the second non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States (after Rolls-Royce), opening a plant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

★ 1979 - On "Terrible Tuesday", a tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak).

★ 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.

★ 2006 - Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (''aka'' the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in cities across the United States.

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)

★ 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)

★ 1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)

★ 1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)

★ 1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, French-born queen of Holland and 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)

★ 1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)

★ 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)

★ 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)

★ 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)

★ 1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)

★ 1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)

★ 1923 - Roger Gaillard (d. 2000), Haitian historian and novelist

★ 1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)

★ 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate

★ 1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor

★ 1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist

★ 1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress/comedian (d. 2006)

★ 1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)

★ 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor

★ 1934 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (d. 2007)

★ 1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist

★ 1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster

★ 1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet

★ 1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster

★ 1941 - Paul Theroux, American author

★ 1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer

★ 1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete

★ 1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)

★ 1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician

★ 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American 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, American actor

★ 1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano

★ 1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)

★ 1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)

★ 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer

★ 1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist

★ 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film 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 singer (Katrina and the Waves)

★ 1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (d. 1991)

★ 1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player

★ 1963 - Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)

★ 1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council

★ 1965 - Tim Alexander, American musician

★ 1967 - Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian

★ 1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor

★ 1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter

★ 1970 - Matt Barlow, American former heavy metal singer (Iced Earth), now law enforcer

★ 1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1970 - Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer

★ 1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer

★ 1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)

★ 1971 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player

★ 1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director

★ 1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer

★ 1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer

★ 1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician

★ 1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer

★ 1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)

★ 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 rock bassist (Lifehouse)

★ 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

★ 1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor

★ 1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actress

★ 1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer

★ 1987 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano

★ 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor

★ 1990 - Alex Pettyfer, English actor

★ 1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer

★ 2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands

Deaths

★ 948 - King Hugh of Italy

★ 879 - Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)

★ 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)

★ 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)

★ 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. 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)

★ 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)

★ 2000 - Peter Jones, English comedian (b. 1920)

★ 2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)

★ 2000 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)

★ 2002 - Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer (b. 1950)

★ 2003 - Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (b. 1927)

★ 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)

★ 2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian television newsreader

Holidays and Observances

★ Feast for Three Days - Third Day (Thelema)

Liturgical observances

★ Saint Fulbert of Chartres

★ James, Azadanus and Abdicius ^[1]

★ Saint Paternus

Other

★ Dante Enters Purgatory/Emerges from Hell on April 10th, 1300 in the Divine Comedy

References

1. Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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