ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
April 10
1 year ago… Sir Kenny gets Covid
It emerges that football legend Sir Kenny Dalglish, in hospital for an unrelated condition, is diagnosed with Covid, but the star recovers. 2 years ago… Image of supermassive black hole
Astronomers release the first ever snap of a black hole, located in a distant galaxy and measuring
40billion km across.
6 years ago… Richie Benaud dies
The veteran Aussie cricketer and commentator passes away aged 84 having been diagnosed with skin cancer.
19 years ago… David Beckham’s foot injury
In the run up to the World Cup, the Man Utd star breaks the second metatarsal bone in his left foot during a Champions League match, but recovers in time to make the England squad.
23 years ago… Peace agreement signed
Northern Ireland peace talks end with the signing, by Great Britain and Ireland, of the Good Friday Agreement, aimed at bringing an end to the Troubles.
40 years ago… Hunger strike MP
IRA hunger striker and Maze prison inmate, Bobby Sands, is elected as an MP in a by-election, but dies a month later in prison.
50 years ago…
Two Ronnies debuts
Ronnie Barker and
Ronnie Corbett star in their BBC sketch show for the first time. It would run until 1987.
66 years ago… Ruth Ellis shoots lover
The nightclub hostess kills racing driver David Blakely outside a London pub. She would become the last woman hanged in Britain.
89 years ago… Omar Sharif born
The Egyptian would go on to star in films such as Doctor Zhivago. He died, aged 83, in 2015.
96 years ago… The Great Gatsby published
The novel by the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is released, telling the tale of a millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his lover.
109 years ago… Titanic sails
The liner leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage. Four days later she would hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sink with the loss of over 1,500 lives.
206 years ago… Massive eruption
Mount Tambora, in Indonesia, explodes. It is the biggest eruption in recorded human history. Heard 1,600 miles away it kills at least 10,000 people.