10 April is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (101st in Leap Year s). There are 265 days remaining.
- 1633 - Bananas on sale in England for the first time.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 last voyage.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association Of America ( PGA ) is created in New York City by 82 Charter members.
- 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, New York by Charles Scribner's Sons .
- is created.
- 1938 - Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France .
- in Europe establish the Independent State Of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustase fascist Insurgent s in power.
- 1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Auschwitz II death camp.
- 1944 - Henry Ford II is named Executive Vice President of Ford Motor Company .
- 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
- 1959 - Akihito , future Emperor Of Japan , weds Michiko ( Née Michiko Shoda ), a commoner.
- 1963 - The Submarine USS ''Thresher'' is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians).
- 1968 - Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
- 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.
- 1970 - polled in a Gallup Poll approve of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon 's Vietnam policy, while 41 percent disapprove.
- , the People's Republic Of China host 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 - 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 the first non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States, opening a plant in Westmoreland County , Pennsylvania , to build the Rabbit economy car. (The plant, which later builds Golfs and Jettas, closes in July 1988 .)
- 1979 - On the day known to meteorologists as " Terrible Tuesday ", a tornado hits 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 off the coast of Angola ; the first of its kind to be documented by Satellites .
- 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.
- 2006 - Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 in cities across the United States.
- 2006 - Livejournal reaches 10 million user accounts.
- 1389 - Cosimo De' Medici , ruler of Florence (d. 1464 )
- 1583 - Hugo Grotius , Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645 )
- 1627 - Chatrapathi Shivaji , Maratha King(India)(d. 1680 )
- 1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Of Rochester , English satirical poet (d. 1680 )
- 1651 - Ehrenfried Walther Von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician (d. 1708 )
- 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 , Queen of Holland as 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, poet and artist (d. 1935 )
- 1868 - George Arliss , English actor (d. 1946 )
- 1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin , Premier Of The Soviet Union (d. 1924 )
- 1880 - Montague Summers , English writer (d. 1948 )
- 1882 - Frances Perkins , American politician (d. 1965 )
- 1887 - Bernardo Houssay , Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971 )
- 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla , Indian industrialist (d. 1983 )
- 1910 - Eddy Duchin , American musician (d. 1951 )
- 1910 - Paul Sweezy , American economist and editor (d. 2004 )
- 1913 - Stefan Heym , German author (d. 2001 )
- 1915 - Harry Morgan , American actor
- 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979 )
- 1921 - Chuck Connors , American actor and baseball player (d. 1992 )
- 1921 - Sheb Wooley , American actor and singer (d. 2003 )
- 1926 - Junior Samples , American musician (d. 1983 )
- 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1929 - Max Von Sydow , Swedish actor
- 1930 - Claude Bolling , French jazz composer and pianist
- 1930 - Norma Candal , Puerto Rican actress and comedienne (d. 2006 )
- 1930 - Spede Pasanen , Finnish comedian, film director, director and writer (d. 2001 )
- 1932 - Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor
- 1934 - David Halberstam , American writer
- 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
- 1943 - Andrzej Badeński , Polish athlete
- 1946 - David Angell , American television producer (d. 2001 )
- 1947 - Bunny Wailer , Jamaican musician
- 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr. , 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 , actor
- 1955 - Lesley Garrett , British soprano
- 1956 - Linda Dugan , Mom
- 1957 - Steve Gustafson , American rock bassist ( 10,000 Maniacs )
- 1958 - Yefim Bronfman , Russian-born pianist
- 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds , American music producer, musician, and film producer
- 1959 - Brian Setzer , American musician ( Stray Cats )
- 1960 - Afrika Bambaataa , American musician and activist
- 1960 - Katrina Leskanich , American singer ( Katrina And The Waves )
- 1960 - Steve Bisciotti , owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- 1962 - Steve Tasker , American football player
- 1965 - Tim Alexander , American musician
- 1968 - Orlando Jones , American actor and comedian
- 1969 - Billy Jayne , American actor
- 1970 - Kenny Lattimore , American singer
- 1970 - Mike Mushok , American rock guitarist ( Staind )
- 1973 - Roberto Carlos Da Silva , Brazilian footballer
- 1973 - Christopher Simmons , American designer
- 1975 - Chris Carrabba , American singer ( Dashboard Confessional )
- 1979 - Shemekia Copeland , American singer
- 1979 - Rachel Corrie , American activist (d. 2003 )
- 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese artist
- 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer
- 1979 - Marlena Hall (Troncoso) , American Comic Book Colorist/Web Designer
- 1980 - Charlie Hunnam , British actor
- 1980 - Kasey Kahne , American race-car driver
- 1980 - Bryce Soderberg , American rock bassist ( Lifehouse )
- 1981 - Liz McClarnon , British singer
- 1983 - Ryan Merriman , American actor
- 1984 - Mandy Moore , American singer and actress
- 1987 - Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano
- 1988 - Haley Joel Osment , American actor
- 1990 - Alex Pettyfer , English actor
- 1991 - Amanda Michalka (AJ), American singer and actress
- 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 )
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata , Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879 )
- 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 (executed) (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 )
- 1962 - Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-born director (b. 1886 )
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe , English musician ( The Beatles ) (b. 1940 )
- 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 )
- 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 )
- 2000 - Peter Jones , English comedian and scriptwriter (b. 1920 )
- 2000 - Larry Linville , American actor (b. 1939 )
- 2002 - Yuji Hyakutake , Japanese astronomer (b. 1950 )
- 2003 - Little Eva , American singer (b. 1943 )
- 2005 - Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist (b. 1923 )
''There is also a song called " April Tenth " by Garbage .''
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