What are the important events that happened on April 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 10 is the 101st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 28, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,707,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahenagon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 294 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,128 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 10 Historical Events
1741 –
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1815 –
The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
1826 –
The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi start leaving the town after a year’s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1887 –
On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
1925 –
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
1944 –
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1970 –
Paul McCartney announces that he leaves The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
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.
1973 –
A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
1992 –
The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Who were born on April 10?
1837 –
Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1867 –
George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1965 –
Tim Alexander, American musician
1974 –
Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1980 –
Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1981 –
Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1981 –
Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
1982 –
Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1984 –
Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1988 –
Haley Joel Osment, American actor
Who died on April 10?
1585 –
Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1786 –
John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1882 –
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1954 –
Auguste Lumière, French film executive (b. 1862)
1962 –
Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
1986 –
Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
1999 –
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
1999 –
Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
2000 –
Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2003 –
Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
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