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April 10

April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is during the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn time in the Southern Hemisphere. 

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Holidays on this day

Country Upcoming Calendar Dates Fixed Date
State Arbor Day - Washington United States
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Famous Birthdays: April 10

Birthdays on April 10th include:

Theodosius II
  - Roman emperor, born in 401
Joseph Pulitzer
  - founded Pulitzer, born in 1847
John Madden
  - American football player, coach, sportscaster, born 1936
Steven Seagal
  - actor, producer, martial artist, born 1952
Mandy Moore
  - singer-songwriter, actress, born 1984

 

     

     

    Celebrating Entertainment on this day

    Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven
    Led Zeppelin's album Houses Of The Holy was certified gold on this day in 1973 so it's the perfect time to listen to a Stairway to Heaven instrumental
    Madonna's Like a Virgin
    On this day in 1985, Madonna starts her first tour, called The Virgin Tour, in Seattle, Washington so it is a perfect day for her song "Like a Virgin"
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released on this day in 2014

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    Historically On This Day

    • 1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain
    • 1790 - US Patent system forms
    • 1841 - New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
    • 1849 - Walter Hunt got a patent for the Safety Pin
    • 1878 - California Street Cable Car Railroad Co starts service
    • 1930 - Thiokol synthetic rubber 1st produced in Yardley, New Jersey
    • 2012 - Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world
    • 2018 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security
    • 2019 - First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away

     

    • 879 - Louis III becomes King of West Francia
    • 1407 - Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
    • 1790 - Robert Gray is the 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
    • 1825 - 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
    • 1866 - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City 
    • 1869 - Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
    • 1874 - The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska
    • 1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage
    • 1955 - Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
    • 1960 - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
    • 1872 - 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
    • 1995 - New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
    • 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed (also called the Good Friday Agreement) 

     

    • 1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City
    • 1945 - NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
    • 1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player in Major League Baseball
    • 1962 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
    • 1978 - Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
    • 1983 - MLB Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
    • 1985 - Leo Sites, at age 80, becomes the oldest bowler to score a 300 game
    • 1991 - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
    • 2005 - 69th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC, Tiger Woods wins his 4th green jacket on the 1st hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco

     

     

    Arts On This Day

    • 1953 - "House of Wax" 1st color 3-D movie, premieres in New York
    • 1954 - KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
    • 1956 - Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
    • 1957 - "12 Angry Men", directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb, is released
    • 2014 - "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone premieres in London
    • 2017 - "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" directed by James Gunn, and starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana premieres in Tokyo, Japan

     

     

    • 1877 - 1st human cannonball act is performed in London
    • 1925 - Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

     

     

    • 1868 - 1st performance of Johannes Brahms' "A German Requiem"
    • 1970 - Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
    • 1973 - Led Zeppelin's album Houses Of The Holy is certified gold
    • 1976 - Peter Frampton's album Frampton Comes Alive! hits #1
    • 1985 - Madonna starts her first tour, called The Virgin Tour, in Seattle, Washington
    • 1994 - "Les Miserables" opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
    • 1999 - Charity tribute concert for the late Linda McCartney was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London