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, 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, 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
April 10, 1989 H. J. 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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