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April 10, 1998 Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. April 10, 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances April 10, 1995 New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more April 10, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka April 10, 1994 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279 April 10, 1993 BPAA U.S. Open by Del Ballard Jr April 10, 1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses April 10, 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak April 10, 1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka April 10, 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands April 10, 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days April 10, 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 April 10, 1991 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal April 10, 1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City) April 10, 1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51) April 10, 1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan April 10, 1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown April 10, 1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation April 10, 1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama April 10, 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip April 10, 1989 H. 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Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins April 10, 1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281 April 10, 1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins April 10, 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic April 10, 1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet April 10, 1988 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2 April 10, 1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances April 10, 1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan April 10, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 10, 1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game April 10, 1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead April 10, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission April 10, 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle April 10, 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games April 10, 1984 U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors April 10, 1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit April 10, 1983 Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2 April 10, 1983 Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race April 10, 1983 Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO April 10, 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament April 10, 1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5 April 10, 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead April 10, 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres April 10, 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded April 10, 1981 France performs nuclear test April 10, 1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament April 10, 1979 J. 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Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome April 10, 1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian April 10, 1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced April 10, 1977 41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276 April 10, 1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite April 10, 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) April 10, 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7 April 10, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title April 10, 1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs April 10, 1974 American Boccaccio Association forms April 10, 1974 Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet April 10, 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir April 10, 1973 BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143 April 10, 1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers April 10, 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution April 10, 1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars April 10, 1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons April 10, 1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1 April 10, 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR April 10, 1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 435 performances April 10, 1968 40th Academy Awards - "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger and K Hepburn win April 10, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 10, 1967 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor and P Scofield win April 10, 1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project April 10, 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) April 10, 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston April 10, 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 10, 1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds April 10, 1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2 April 10, 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR April 10, 1961 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280 April 10, 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel April 10, 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea April 10, 1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox April 10, 1960 24th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282 April 10, 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open April 10, 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill April 10, 1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda April 10, 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco April 10, 1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London April 10, 1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns April 10, 1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic April 10, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test April 10, 1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs April 10, 1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 April 10, 1955 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279 April 10, 1955 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3 April 10, 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine April 10, 1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely April 10, 1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting April 10, 1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City) April 10, 1953 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1 April 10, 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 April 10, 1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek April 10, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) April 10, 1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned April 10, 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet April 10, 1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech) April 10, 1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer April 10, 1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" April 10, 1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug April 10, 1945 NFL's Boston Yanks and Brooklyn Tigers merge April 10, 1945 U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa April 10, 1945 U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany April 10, 1945 William Schuman and Antony Tudors ballet premieres in New York City April 10, 1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously April 10, 1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis April 10, 1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis April 10, 1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia April 10, 1942 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland April 10, 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica April 10, 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government" April 10, 1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews April 10, 1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania April 10, 1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France April 10, 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany April 10, 1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license April 10, 1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena April 10, 1935 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London April 10, 1934 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 April 10, 1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd) April 10, 1930 George Headley scores 223 vs. England at Kingston April 10, 1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced April 10, 1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) April 10, 1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald April 10, 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play April 10, 1923 Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin April 10, 1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers April 10, 1916 1st professional golf tournament held April 10, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1 April 10, 1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings April 10, 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage April 10, 1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50) April 10, 1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois April 10, 1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen April 10, 1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo April 10, 1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii) April 10, 1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service April 10, 1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London April 10, 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina April 10, 1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans April 10, 1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22 April 10, 1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted April 10, 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 April 10, 1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem" April 10, 1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala April 10, 1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms April 10, 1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last April 10, 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico April 10, 1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee April 10, 1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 April 10, 1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa April 10, 1841 New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley April 10, 1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile April 10, 1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens April 10, 1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon April 10, 1816 2nd Bank of U.S. chartered April 10, 1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples April 10, 1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth April 10, 1790 U.S. Patent system forms April 10, 1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz April 10, 1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing April 10, 1694 Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale April 10, 1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon April 10, 1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg April 10, 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz April 10, 1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice April 10, 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen April 10, 1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan April 10, 879 Louis III, crowned King of France April 10, 847 St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope April 10, 837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth |