On This Day: April 10, 2020
Birthdays
1829 William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army1847 Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner
1929 Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor
1932 Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor
1940 Gloria Hunniford, Television & radio presenter
1941 Chuck Connors, American film actor
1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete
Events
1633 Bananas went on sale for the first time in Britain1841 The New York Tribune was published for the very first time
1849 The safety pin was patented in the United States
1912 The liner 'Titanic' left Southampton on her first (and only) voyage
1924 The first ever book of crosswords was published in the United States
1960 The Civil Rights Bill was passed in the American Senate
1972 An agreement, banning the use of biological weapons, was signed by 46 countries
1984 The Solar Max satellite was sucessfully retrieved by Shuttle astronauts
1985 Three convicted cocaine pushers, Akanni Ojulope (29), Bartholomew Owoh (26)and Bernard Ogedegbe (29), are executed by firing squad at the Kirikiri Maximum.
1986 Miss Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile
1999 The Olubadan of lbadan, Oba Emmanuel Adeyemo Operinde, dies at the age of 95.