On this day | April 10th

On this day: April 10th

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428 Nestorius becomes the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

837 Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 Astronomical unit (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).

1407 Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".

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

1545 The settlement of Villa Imperial de Carlos V (now the city of Potosí) in Bolivia is founded after the discovery of Cerro Rico in the area.

1606 The London Company is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing British colonization of the Americas.

1710 The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Kingdom of Great Britain.

1717 Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.

1724 Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66, his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.

1741 War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.

1809 Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.

1815 The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and Year Without a Summer for the next two years.

1816 The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.

1821 Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman Empire from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.

1821 Greek War of Independence: the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence.

1826 The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after Third Siege of Missolonghi by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.

1858 After the original Big Ben, a bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

1864 Archduke Maximilian I of Mexico is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the Second French intervention in Mexico.

1865 American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee Lee's Farewell Address 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 Ethiopia, British and Indian forces British Expedition to Abyssinia an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.

1872 The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.

1875 India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.

1887 On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.

1896 1896 Summer Olympics: The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis.

1900 British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.

1912 ''RMS Titanic'' sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden 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.

1919 The Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents # Third Congress (April 1919) is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole.

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

1925 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn was renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.

1938 The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.

1939 ''Alcoholics Anonymous'', A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.

1941 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.

1944 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Auschwitz concentration camp.

1963 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine sinks at sea.

1968 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.

1970 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.

1971 Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.

1972 Yinqueshan Han Tombs containing Yinqueshan Han Slips, among them Sun Tzu's ''The Art of War'' and Sun Bin's lost Sun Bin's Art of War, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.

1972 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 Stratofortress reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.

1973 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.

1979 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.

1988 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.

1991 Italian ferry collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.

1991 A South Atlantic tropical cyclone tropical cyclone develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by weather satellite.

1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.

2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji and assumes all governance in the country, creating a 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis.

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154M Smolensk air disaster near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.

2016 The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.

2016 An 2016 Afghanistan earthquake strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

2019 Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy.

2023 2023 Louisville bank shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.

401 Theodosius II, Roman emperor (d. 450)

1018 Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (d. 1092)

1472 Margaret of York (1472), English princess (d. 1472)

1480 Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, duke of Savoy (d. 1504)

1487 William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1559)

1512 James V of Scotland, king of Scotland (d. 1542)

1579 Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1666)

1583 Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and jurist (d. 1645)

1603 Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Prince-Elect of Denmark (d. 1647)

1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1708)

1656 René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)

1704 Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (d. 1766)

1707 Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)

1713 John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788)

1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic (d. 1843)

1762 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1834)

1769 Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)

1778 William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic (d. 1830)

1794 Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander (d. 1858)

1806 Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)

1806 Leonidas Polk, Scottish-American general and bishop (d. 1884)

1827 Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)

1829 William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)

1847 Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)

1864 Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)

1865 Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (d. 1944)

1867 George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)

1868 George Arliss, English actor and playwright (d. 1946)

1868 Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi (d. 1931)

1873 Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)

1875 George Clawley, English footballer (d. 1920)

1877 Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator (d. 1959)

1879 Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)

1880 Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)

1880 Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (d. 1948)

1886 Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer (d. 1965)

1887 Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1971)

1889 Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1982)

1891 Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (d. 1968)

1893 Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (d. 1969)

1894 Ben Nicholson, British painter (d. 1982)

1897 Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)

1900 Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004)

1901 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist (d. 1971)

1903 Patroklos Karantinos, Greek architect (d. 1976)

1903 Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (d. 1970)

1906 Steve Anderson (athlete), American hurdler (d. 1988)

1910 Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic (d. 1974)

1910 Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1997)

1910 Paul Sweezy, American economist and publisher, founded the ''Monthly Review'' (d. 2004)

1911 Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)

1911 Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France) for France (d. 1998)

1912 Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953)

1913 Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (d. 2001)

1914 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)

1915 Harry Morgan, American actor and director (d. 2011)

1915 Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (d. 2014)

1916 Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter (d. 1956)

1917 Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013)

1917 Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1979)

1919 John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (d. 2014)

1921 Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)

1921 Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)

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

1923 Roger Gaillard (historian), Haitian historian and author (d. 2000)

1923 Jane Kean, American actress and singer (d. 2013)

1923 Floyd Simmons, American decathlete and actor (d. 2008)

1923 Sid Tickridge, English footballer (d. 1997)

1923 John Watkins (South African cricketer), South African cricketer (d. 2021)

1924 Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010)

1925 Angelo Poffo, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2010)

1926 Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014)

1926 Junior Samples, American comedian (d. 1983)

1927 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress (d. 2006)

1927 Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 2010)

1929 Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)

1929 Liz Sheridan, American actress (d. 2022)

1929 Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (d. 2020)

1930 Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor (d. 2020)

1930 Dolores Huerta, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers

1930 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (d. 2001)

1931 Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (d. 2017)

1932 Delphine Seyrig, Swiss people/List of Alsatians and Lotharingians French actress (d. 1990)

1932 Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1933 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese composer and author (d. 2016)

1933 Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (d. 2013)

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

1935 Patrick Garland, English actor and director (d. 2013)

1935 Peter Hollingworth, Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia

1935 Christos Yannaras, Greek philosopher, theologian and author (d. 2024)

1936 John A. Bennett, American soldier (d. 1961)

1936 David A. Hardy, British artist

1936 John Howell (athlete), English long jumper

1936 John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)

1936 Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer), American singer (d. 2013)

1937 Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (d. 2010)

1938 Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2010)

1939 Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator

1940 Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host

1941 Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, (d. 2022)

1941 Harold Long (politician), Canadian politician (d. 2013)

1941 Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer

1942 Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)

1942 Ian Callaghan, English footballer

1942 Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet

1943 Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter (d. 2008)

1943 Margaret Pemberton, English author

1945 Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer (d. 2006)

1946 David Angell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)

1946 Bob Watson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)

1946 Adolf Winkelmann (film director), German director, producer, and screenwriter

1947 David A. Adler, American author and educator

1947 Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2021)

1948 Mel Blount, American football player

1948 Jim Burns, Welsh artist

1949 Daniel Mangeas, French banker and sportscaster

1949 Eric Troyer, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist

1950 Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager

1950 Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (d. 1992)

1951 David Helvarg, American journalist and activist

1952 Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra

1952 Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer

1952 Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist

1953 David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman

1953 Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician

1954 Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)

1954 Anne Lamott, American author and educator

1954 Peter MacNicol, American actor

1954 Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author

1955 Marit Breivik, Norwegian handball player and coach

1955 Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress

1955 Mike Rinder, Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (d. 2025)

1956 Carol V. Robinson, English chemist and academic

1957 Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group

1957 John M. Ford, American author and poet (d. 2006)

1957 Steve Gustafson, Spanish-American bass player

1957 Rosemary Hill, English historian and author

1958 Bob Bell (motorsport), Northern Irish engineer

1958 Yefim Bronfman, Uzbek-American pianist

1958 Brigitte Holzapfel, German high jumper

1959 Babyface (musician), American singer-songwriter and producer

1959 Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician

1959 Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1960 Steve Bisciotti, American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group

1960 Katrina Leskanich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1960 Terry Teagle, American basketball player

1961 Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist

1961 Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic

1961 Mark Jones (basketball, born 1961), American basketball player

1962 Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster

1963 Warren DeMartini, American guitarist and songwriter

1963 Jeff Gray (baseball, born 1963), American baseball player and coach

1963 Doris Leuthard, Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

1965 Tim Alexander, American drummer and songwriter

1965 Anna-Leena Härkönen, Finnish author

1966 Brad William Henke, American football player and actor (d. 2022)

1966 Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

1967 Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1967 David Rovics, American singer-songwriter

1968 Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 1996)

1968 Orlando Jones, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1969 Steve Glasson, Australian lawn bowler

1969 Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter

1970 Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player

1970 Leonard Doroftei, Romanian-Canadian boxer

1970 Kenny Lattimore, American singer-songwriter

1970 Q-Tip (musician), American rapper, producer, and actor

1971 Indro Olumets, Estonian footballer and coach

1971 Al Reyes, Dominican-American baseball player

1972 Ian Harvey, Australian cricketer

1972 Priit Kasesalu, Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype

1972 Gordon Buchanan, Scottish film maker

1973 Guillaume Canet, French actor and director

1973 Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager

1973 Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter

1973 Christopher Simmons, Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic

1974 Eric Greitens, American soldier, author and politician

1974 Petros Passalis, Greek footballer

1975 Chris Carrabba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 Terence Lewis (choreographer), Indian dancer and choreographer

1975 David Harbour, American actor

1976 Clare Buckfield, English actress

1976 Yoshino Kimura, Japanese actress and singer

1976 Sara Renner, Canadian skier

1977 Stephanie Sheh, Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer

1978 Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist (d. 2017)

1979 Iván Alonso, Uruguayan footballer

1979 Kenyon Coleman, American football player

1979 Rachel Corrie, American author and activist (d. 2003)

1979 Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

1979 Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter

1979 Pavlos Fyssas, Greek rapper (d. 2013)

1979 Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer

1980 Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player and model

1980 Charlie Hunnam, English actor

1980 Shao Jiayi, Chinese footballer

1980 Kasey Kahne, American race car driver

1980 Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player

1980 Bryce Soderberg, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1981 Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer

1981 Liz McClarnon, English singer and dancer

1981 Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician

1981 Alexei Semenov (hockey player), Russian ice hockey player

1982 Andre Ethier, American baseball player

1982 Chyler Leigh, American actress and singer

1983 Jamie Chung, American actress

1983 Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter

1983 Ryan Merriman, American actor

1983 Hannes Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer

1984 Faustina Agolley, Australian television host

1984 Jeremy Barrett (figure skater), American figure skater

1984 Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress

1984 David Obua, Ugandan footballer

1984 Damien Perquis, French-Polish footballer

1984 Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

1985 Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director

1985 Willo Flood, Irish footballer

1985 Jesús Gámez, Spanish footballer

1985 Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player

1986 Olivia Borlée, Belgian sprinter

1986 Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer and manager

1986 Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher

1986 Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer and manager

1986 Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer

1987 Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam, Egyptian footballer

1987 Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model

1987 Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano

1988 Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher

1988 Kareem Jackson, American football player

1988 Haley Joel Osment, American actor

1989 Charlie Culberson, American baseball player

1990 Ben Amos, English footballer

1990 Andile Jali, South African footballer

1990 Ricky Leutele, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

1990 Maren Morris, American singer

1990 Alex Pettyfer, English actor

1991 AJ Michalka, American actress and singer

1992 Jack Buchanan (rugby league), Australian rugby league player

1992 Sadio Mané, Senegalese footballer

1992 Chaz Mostert, Australian racing driver

1992 Daisy Ridley, English actress

1993 Sofia Carson, American singer and actress

1994 Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer

1995 Ian Nelson (actor, born 1995), American actor

1996 Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer

1996 Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player

1996 Audrey Whitby, American actress

1997 Claire Wineland, American activist and author (d. 2018)

1998 Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater

2000 Fidias Panayiotou, Cypriot internet celebrity and politician

2001 Ky Baldwin, Australian singer and actor

2001 Noa Kirel, Israeli singer

2004 Ismaël Gharbi, French-Spanish footballer

2004 Savinho, Brazilian footballer

879 Louis the Stammerer, king of West Francia (b. 846)

943 Landulf I of Benevento, prince of Benevento and Capua

948 Hugh of Italy, king of Italy

1008 Notker of Liège, French bishop (b. 940)

1216 Eric X of Sweden, king of Sweden (b. 1180)

1282 Ahmad Fanakati, chief minister under Kublai Khan

1309 Elisabeth von Rapperswil, Swiss countess (b. 1261)

1362 Maud, Countess of Leicester, English noblewoman (b. 1339)

1500 Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar and poet

1533 Frederick I of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1471)

1545 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer

1585 Pope Gregory XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)

1598 Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)

1599 Gabrielle d'Estrées, French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)

1601 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)

1619 Thomas Jones (bishop), English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)

1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)

1644 William Brewster (Mayflower passenger), English official and pilgrim leader (b. 1566)

1646 Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)

1667 Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and author (b. 1595)

1704 Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, German cardinal (b. 1629)

1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)

1760 Jean Lebeuf, French historian and author (b. 1687)

1786 John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1723)

1806 Horatio Gates, English-American general (b. 1727)

1813 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)

1821 Gregory V of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1746)

1823 Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)

1871 Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)

1889 William Crichton (engineer), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (b. 1827)

1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)

1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)

1920 Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)

1931 Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)

1935 Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)

1938 King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)

1942 Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)

1943 Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)

1945 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)

1947 Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)

1950 Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd List of Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1876)

1954 Auguste and Louis Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)

1954 Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)

1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)

1958 Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)

1960 André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)

1962 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)

1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)

1965 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)

1965 Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)

1966 Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)

1968 Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)

1969 Harley Earl, American businessman (b. 1893)

1975 Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903)

1975 Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)

1978 Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (b. 1901)

1979 Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)

1980 Kay Medford, American actress and singer (b. 1919)

1981 Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899)

1983 Issam Sartawi, Palestinian activist (b. 1935)

1985 Zisis Verros, Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (b. 1880)

1986 Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

1988 Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek Cypriot politician (b. 1908)

1991 Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)

1991 Martin Hannett, English guitarist and producer (b. 1948)

1991 Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)

1992 Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (b. 1953)

1993 Chris Hani, South African activist and politician (b. 1942)

1994 Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)

1995 Morarji Desai, Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)

1997 Michael Dorris, American author and academic (b. 1945)

1998 Seraphim of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1913)

1999 Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)

1999 Jean Vander Pyl, American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)

2000 Peter Jones (actor), English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)

2000 Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)

2003 Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)

2004 Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)

2004 Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (b. 1933)

2005 Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)

2005 Scott Gottlieb (musician), American drummer (b. 1970)

2005 Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)

2005 Al Lucas (American football), American football player (b. 1978)

2005 Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

2006 Kleitos Kyrou, Greek poet and translator (b. 1921)

2007 Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)

2007 Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)

2009 Deborah Digges, American poet and educator (b. 1950)

2009 Ioannis Patakis, Greek politician (b. 1940)

2010 List of casualties of the Smolensk air disaster:

- Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1919)

- Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)

- Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (b. 1949)

- Anna Walentynowicz, Ukrainian-Polish journalist and activist (b. 1929)

2010 Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1939)

2012 Raymond Aubrac, French engineer and activist (b. 1914)

2012 Barbara Buchholz, German theremin player and composer (b. 1959)

2012 Lili Chookasian, Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921)

2012 Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922)

2012 Akin Omoboriowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2013 Lorenzo Antonetti, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)

2013 Raymond Boudon, French sociologist and academic (b. 1934)

2013 Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)

2013 Robert Edwards (physiologist), English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1925)

2013 Olive Lewin, Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)

2013 Gordon Thomas (cyclist), English cyclist (b. 1921)

2013 Angela Voigt, German long jumper (b. 1951)

2014 Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)

2014 Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Minister of Finance (Canada) (b. 1949)

2014 Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)

2014 Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)

2015 Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)

2015 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)

2015 Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)

2015 Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, List of heads of state of Gabon (b. 1942)

2015 Peter Walsh (Australian politician), Australian farmer and politician, 6th Minister for Finance (Australia) (b. 1935)

2016 Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)

2023 Al Jaffee, American cartoonist (b. 1921)

2024 O. J. Simpson, American football player, actor, and broadcaster (b. 1947)

2025 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager (b. 1942)

2025 Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (b. 1931)

2025 Peter Lovesey, British writer (b. 1936)

Christian feast day:

- Fulbert of Chartres

- James, Azadanus and Abdicius

- Mikael Agricola (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran))

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church))

- William of Ockham (Calendar of saints (Church of England))

- William Law (Anglicanism)

- April 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Builder (Azerbaijan)

Feast of the Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law (Thelema)

Siblings Day (International observance)

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/10 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/10 Historical Events on April 10]