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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 10
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Johanna M van de Berg; actress (What See I?).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Lee Bergere in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Joseph - Dynasty).
- 100th: 1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of David Halberstam; international correspondent (New York Times, Pulitzer Prize 1964).
- 90th: 1934 - NHL Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1.
- 80th: 1944 - Patrolling the Ether is shown on three TV stations simultaneously.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Danny Woods; US musician (CEO of the Board).
- 80th: 1944 - Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Germans.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jouko Törmänen in Finland; 90 metre ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Peter MacNicol in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (John Cage - Ally McBeal TV show, Alan Birch - Chicago Hope, TV show Dragonslayer movie, Sophie's Choice movie, Numb3rs TV show).
- 70th: 1954 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at age 79.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Alan "Reni" Wren; English pop drummer (Stone Roses - "Fools Gold").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Felicia Collins in Albany, New York, USA; guitarist (Late Night with David Letterman).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Manon Bollegraf den Bosch in Netherlands; tennis star (semi-1996 Australian doubles).
- 60th: 1964 - Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sherry Johnson in Owatonna, Minnesota, USA; Miss Minnesota-America (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
- 40th: 1984 - Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle.
- 40th: 1984 - John Long (Detroit Pistons) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games.
- 40th: 1984 - US Senate condemns Central Intelligence Agency mining of Nicaraguan harbors.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Mandy Moore; singer, actress (Entourage, Mad TV).
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Zoe in Melbourne, Australia, first frozen-embryo child.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Nate Nelson at age 52 from a heart attack; singer (The Flamingos - "I'll Be Home", "I Only Have Eyes For You" (1959), The Platters).
- 30th: 1994 - 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279.
- 30th: 1994 - Victor Afanasiev, Russian editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at age 71.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Jean Vander Pyl at age 78 of lung cancer; voice actress (Margaret - Father Knows Best radio show, The Jetsons TV show, The Flintstones TV show).
- 15th: 2009 - Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso unveils a record 15.4 trillion yen (US$150 billion) stimulus package to revive its economy.
- 15th: 2009 - A political crisis begins in Fiji when President Josefa Iloilo suspends the nation's Constitution, dismisses all judges and constitutional appointees and assumes all governance in the country after the Court of Appeal rules that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is illegal.
- 10th: 2014 - In response to the annexation of Crimea, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily strip Russia of its voting rights; its rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, and the PACE Standing Committee; and its right to participate in election-observation missions.
- 5th: 2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
- 5th: 2019 - Fossil fragments found in the Callao Cave in the Philippines reveal the existence of the Homo luzonensis species of humans.
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