TODAY IN HISTORY

SUNDAY APR 10, 2022

1912

The British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

1866

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.

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 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.

1974

Golda Meir announced her resignation as prime minister of Israel.

1998

The Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30years 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.

2020

On Good Friday, Pope Francis presided over a torch-lit procession in St. Peter’s Square, which was otherwise empty because of the coronavirus; nurses and doctors were among those holding a cross.