DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Saturday, April 10, the 100th day of 2021. There are 265 days left in the year.
On this date in:
1912: The British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
1932: German President Paul Von Hindenburg was reelected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.
1947: Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.
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.
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.
1981: Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was declared the winner of a by-election to the British Parliament.
1992: Comedian Sam Kinison was killed in a car crash outside Needles, California, at age 38.
1998: The Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.
2005: Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
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. “Designing Women” co-star Dixie Carter, 70, died in Houston.
2015: The Apple Watch made its debut.
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.
Actor Liz Sheridan (“Seinfeld”) is 92. Sportscaster John Madden is 85. Actor Steven Seagal is 69. Singer Terre Roche of The Roches is 68. Actor Peter Macnicol (“Numb3rs,” “Ally Mcbeal”) is 67. Bassist Steven Gustafson of 10,000 Maniacs is 64. Singer-producer Babyface is 63. Musician Brian Setzer is 62. Singer Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves is 61. Singer Kenny Lattimore is 54. Comedian Orlando Jones is 53. Guitarist Mike Mushok of Staind is 52. Rapper Q-tip of A Tribe Called Quest is 51. Actor David Harbour
(“Stranger Things”) is 46. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 42. Actor Laura Bell Bundy is 40. Actor Harry Hadden-paton (“Downton Abbey”) is 40. Bassist Andrew Dost of fun. is 38. Singeractor Mandy Moore
(“This Is Us”) is 37. Actor Barkhad Abdi
(“Captain Phillips”) is 36. Actor Shay Mitchell (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 34. Actor Haley Joel Osment (“The Sixth Sense”) is 33. Country singer Maren Morris is 31. Singer-actor AJ Michalka
of Aly and AJ is 30. Actor Daisy Ridley
(“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) is 29.