On This Day in History – April 10th – Almanac

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Dutch philosopher Hugo Grotius in 1583; William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, in 1829; journalist/publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1847; Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. Cabinet member, in 1880; actor Chuck Connors in 1921; actor Max von Sydow in 1929; actor Omar Sharif in 1932; football Hall of Fame member John Madden in 1936; football Hall of Fame member Don Meredith in 1938; actor Steven Seagal in 1952 (age 70); actor Peter MacNicol in 1954 (age 68); musician Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds in 1959 (age 63); musician Brian Setzer in 1959 (age 63); actor Orlando Jones in 1968 (age 54); actor David Harbour in 1975 (age 47); actor Charlie Hunnam in 1980 (age 42); actor Chyler Leigh in 1982 (age 40); actor Jamie Chung in 1983 (age 39); actor Ryan Merriman in 1983 (age 39); singer/actor Mandy Moore in 1984 (age 38); actor Shay Mitchell in 1987 (age 35); actor Haley Joel Osment in 1988 (age 34); actor Alex Pettyfer in 1990 (age 32); country singer Maren Morris in 1990 (age 32); singer/actor AJ Michalka in 1991 (age 31); actor Daisy Ridley in 1992 (age 30); actor Sofia Carson in 1993 (age 29).

On this date in history:

In 1790, merchant Robert Gray docked at Boston Harbor, becoming the first American to circumnavigate the globe. He had sailed from Boston in September 1787.

In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded by Henry Bergh.

In 1912, the Titanic left port in Southampton, England, beginning its fateful voyage.

In 1916, the Professional Golfers Association of America was founded.

In 1919, Emiliano Zapata, a leader of peasants and indigenous people during the Mexican Revolution, was ambushed and killed in Morelos by government forces.

In 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published.

In 1942, the Bataan Death March, during which thousands of Filipinos and Americans died, began in the Philippines. Hoyt R. Haynie of El Dorado, Ark., who survived the 55-mile march, but saw many of his friends die, would later proclaim, “I’m an American, I’m proud to be an American and as far as I’m concerned, that’s all there is to be.”

In 1963, the U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sank in the Atlantic Ocean 220 miles east of Boston. All 129 men on board were lost.

In 1971, the U.S. table tennis team arrived in China, the first U.S. group to penetrate the so-called Bamboo Curtain since the 1950s.

In 1972, during his first visit to the United States in 20 years, movie pioneer and comic Charlie Chaplin accepted an honorary Academy Award for his “incalculable” contribution to the art of filmmaking.

In 1991, an Italian ferry headed to Sardinia collided with an oil tanker near Leghorn, Italy, killing 151 ferry passengers and crew members. The tanker crew survived.

In 1998, Britain and Ireland reached an agreement aimed at ending the long and bloody dispute over the future of Northern Ireland.

In 2006, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was narrowly beaten in his bid for another term by former premier Romano Prodi.

In 2010, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, Maria, and top government officials were among scores killed when their plane crashed while trying to land in a thick fog in western Russia.

In 2014, CBS said Stephen Colbert would replace David Letterman on The Late Show when the longtime host stepped down in 2015.

In 2016, a fireworks explosion at the Paravur Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur, India, left 106 dead and 400 injured.

In 2019, an international team of scientists shared the first image of a supermassive black hole.

In 2021, Chinese regulators imposed a record $2.8 billion fine on Alibaba for violating anti-trust laws.

A thought for the day: “We can let circumstances rule us or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.” — American radio personality Earl Nightingale