TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 10, the 100th day of 2018. There are 265 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1968, “In the Heat of the Night” won best picture of 1967 at the 40th Academy Awards.
In 1790, President George Washington signed the United States Patent Act.
In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.
In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1925, the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby” was first published by Scribner’s of New York.
In 1932, German President Paul Von Hindenburg was re-elected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.
In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.
In 1971, a table tennis team from the United States arrived in China for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
In 1978, Arkady Shevchenko, a highranking Soviet citizen employed by the United Nations, sought political asylum in the United States.
In 1981, imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands won a by-election to the British Parliament.
In 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and attacks.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Max von Sydow and actress Liz Sheridan are 89. Football Hall-of-Famer John Madden is 82. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 71. Actor Steven Seagal is 66. Folk-pop singer Terre Roche (The Roches) is 65. Actor Peter MacNicol is 64. Actress Olivia Brown and rock musician Steven Gustafson (10,000 Maniacs) are 61. Singer-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is 60. Rock singer-musician Brian Setzer is 59. Rock singer Katrina Leskanich is 58. Olympic gold medal speedskater Cathy Turner is 56. Rock musician Tim “Herb” Alexander is 53. Actorcomedian Orlando Jones is 50. Rock musician Mike Mushok (Staind) is 49. Singer Kenny Lattimore and rapper Q-Tip (AKA Kamaal) are 48. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 39. Actress Laura Bell Bundy and actor Harry Hadden-Paton are 37. Actress Chyler Leigh is 36. Singer Mandy Moore is 34. Actor Barkhad Abdi is 33. Actress Shay Mitchell is 31. Actor Haley Joel Osment is 30. Actress Daisy Ridley is 26.