April 10
1790 - The U.S. patent system was formed.
1849 - The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt in New York.
1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was formed.
1912 - The British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
1932 - German President Paul Von Hindenburg was reelected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.
1963 - The fast-attack nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank during deep-diving tests east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.
1970 - Paul McCartney announced the split of the Beatles.
1971 - A table tennis team from the United States arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union joined some 70 nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare.
1974 - Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.
1998 - The Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.
2003 - The House of Representatives passed the "Amber Alert" bill, which provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.
2010 - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60, was killed in a plane crash in western Russia that also claimed the lives of his wife and top Polish political, military and church officials.
2017 - Neil Gorsuch took his place as the newest addition on the bench of the Supreme Court, restoring a narrow conservative majority.
2018 - During five hours of questioning from a U.S. Senate panel, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away accusations that he had failed to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from Russians intent on upsetting the U.S. election, though he conceded that Facebook needed to work harder to make sure the tools it creates are used in “good and healthy” ways.
2019 - Scientists released the first image ever made of a black hole, revealing a fiery, doughnut-shaped object in a galaxy 53 million light-years from earth.
2021 - Speaking to Republican donors at his new home inside his Mar-a-Lago resort, former President Donald Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a “stone-cold loser” and mocked McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who had been Trump’s transportation secretary.
Birthdays
23 - Noa Kirel (singer)
26 - Ruby Jerins (actress)
28 - Audrey Whitby (actress)
30 - Emily Miller (model)
31 - Sofia Carson (actress/singer)
32 - Daisy Ridley (actress)
33 - AJ Michalka (actress/singer)
34 - Alex Pettyfer (actor)
34 - Maren Morris (singer)
36 - Molly Bernard (actress)
36 - Haley Joel Osment (actor)
37 - Shay Mitchell (actress)
40 - Mandy Moore (singer/actress)
41 - Ryan Merriman (actor)
41 - Jamie Chung (actress)
42 - Chyler Leigh (actress)
43 - Harry Hadden-Paton (actor)
43 - Laura Bell Bundy (actress)
44 - Charlie Hunnam (actor)
45 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (singer)
49 - David Harbour (actor)
56 - Orlando Jones (actor/comedian)
65 - Brian Setzer (singer)
67 - Olivia Brown (actress)
70 - Peter MacNichol (actor)
72 - Steven Seagal (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 10
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play by the PGA.
1934 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Team President Branch Rickey called Jackie Robinson up to the Brooklyn Dodgers from their minor league affiliate the Montreal Royals. (Less than a week later, Robinson would become the first Black player in Major League Baseball when he took the field for the Dodgers.)
1953 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win the NBA championship.
1955 - The Syracuse Nationals defeat the Fort Wayne Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1956 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1961 - Gary Player of South Africa became the first foreign golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
1961 - The Washington Senators make their MLB debut, with President John F. Kennedy throwing out the first pitch in what was a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1962 - The Houston Colt .45s make their MLB debut with an 11-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
2000 - Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in baseball history to reach 400 home runs. He was 30 years, 141 days old.
2005 - Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
1790 - The U.S. patent system was formed.
1849 - The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt in New York.
1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was formed.
1912 - The British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
1932 - German President Paul Von Hindenburg was reelected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.
1963 - The fast-attack nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank during deep-diving tests east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.
1970 - Paul McCartney announced the split of the Beatles.
1971 - A table tennis team from the United States arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union joined some 70 nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare.
1974 - Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.
1998 - The Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.
2003 - The House of Representatives passed the "Amber Alert" bill, which provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.
2010 - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60, was killed in a plane crash in western Russia that also claimed the lives of his wife and top Polish political, military and church officials.
2017 - Neil Gorsuch took his place as the newest addition on the bench of the Supreme Court, restoring a narrow conservative majority.
2018 - During five hours of questioning from a U.S. Senate panel, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away accusations that he had failed to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from Russians intent on upsetting the U.S. election, though he conceded that Facebook needed to work harder to make sure the tools it creates are used in “good and healthy” ways.
2019 - Scientists released the first image ever made of a black hole, revealing a fiery, doughnut-shaped object in a galaxy 53 million light-years from earth.
2021 - Speaking to Republican donors at his new home inside his Mar-a-Lago resort, former President Donald Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a “stone-cold loser” and mocked McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who had been Trump’s transportation secretary.
Birthdays
23 - Noa Kirel (singer)
26 - Ruby Jerins (actress)
28 - Audrey Whitby (actress)
30 - Emily Miller (model)
31 - Sofia Carson (actress/singer)
32 - Daisy Ridley (actress)
33 - AJ Michalka (actress/singer)
34 - Alex Pettyfer (actor)
34 - Maren Morris (singer)
36 - Molly Bernard (actress)
36 - Haley Joel Osment (actor)
37 - Shay Mitchell (actress)
40 - Mandy Moore (singer/actress)
41 - Ryan Merriman (actor)
41 - Jamie Chung (actress)
42 - Chyler Leigh (actress)
43 - Harry Hadden-Paton (actor)
43 - Laura Bell Bundy (actress)
44 - Charlie Hunnam (actor)
45 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (singer)
49 - David Harbour (actor)
56 - Orlando Jones (actor/comedian)
65 - Brian Setzer (singer)
67 - Olivia Brown (actress)
70 - Peter MacNichol (actor)
72 - Steven Seagal (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 10
1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play by the PGA.
1934 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Team President Branch Rickey called Jackie Robinson up to the Brooklyn Dodgers from their minor league affiliate the Montreal Royals. (Less than a week later, Robinson would become the first Black player in Major League Baseball when he took the field for the Dodgers.)
1953 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win the NBA championship.
1955 - The Syracuse Nationals defeat the Fort Wayne Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1956 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1961 - Gary Player of South Africa became the first foreign golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
1961 - The Washington Senators make their MLB debut, with President John F. Kennedy throwing out the first pitch in what was a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1962 - The Houston Colt .45s make their MLB debut with an 11-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
2000 - Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in baseball history to reach 400 home runs. He was 30 years, 141 days old.
2005 - Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
