April 10 Events 428 - Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople . 837 - Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU . 1407 - Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing . He is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma". 1500 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. 1606 - The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America . 1710 - The Statute of Anne , the first law regulating copyright , comes into force in Great Britain . 1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz . 1809 - Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria . 1815 - The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15 . The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years. 1816 - The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States . 1821 - Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus . 1826 - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. 1858 - After the original Big Ben , a bell for the Palace of Westminster , had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry . 1864 - Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico . 1865 - American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh . 1868 - At Arogee in Abyssinia , British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II . While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die. 1872 - The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska . 1875 - India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform. 1887 - On Easter Sunday , Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America . 1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton , England on her maiden and only voyage. 1916 - The Professional Golfers' Association of America is created in New York City. 1919 - Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos . 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons . 1938 - The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria. 1939 - Alcoholics Anonymous , A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published. 1941 - World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia . 1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp . 1957 - The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months. 1963 - One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine sinks at sea. 1968 - The TEV Wahine , a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died. 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. 1971 - Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit. 1972 - Tombs containing bamboo slips , among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise , are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong . 1972 - Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 , American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam . 1973 - Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel , Switzerland, killing 108 people. 1979 - Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. 1988 - The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad , Pakistan. 1991 - Italian ferry collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno , Italy, killing 140. 1991 - A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola ; the first to be documented by satellites . 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland. 2009 - President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis . 2010 - Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk , Russia , killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński , his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries. 2016 - The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu , kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship. 2016 - An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham , shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan. 2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole , located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.Births 401 - Theodosius II , Roman emperor 1018 - Nizam al-Mulk , Persian scholar and vizier 1472 - Margaret of York , English princess 1480 - Philibert II , duke of Savoy 1487 - William I , count of Nassau-Dillenburg 1512 - James V , king of Scotland 1579 - Augustus II , duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1583 - Hugo Grotius , Dutch philosopher and jurist 1603 - Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark 1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician, physicist, and physician 1656 - René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski 1704 - Benjamin Heath , English scholar and author 1707 - Michel Corrette , French organist, composer, and author 1713 - John Whitehurst , English geologist and clockmaker 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann , German-French physician and academic 1762 - Giovanni Aldini , Italian physicist and academic 1769 - Jean Lannes , French marshal 1778 - William Hazlitt , English essayist and critic 1794 - Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander 1806 - Juliette Drouet , French actress 1806 - Leonidas Polk , Scottish-American general and bishop 1827 - Lew Wallace , American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory 1829 - William Booth , English minister, founded The Salvation Army 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer , Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. 1864 - Eugen d'Albert , Scottish-German pianist and composer 1865 - Jack Miner , American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist 1867 - George William Russell , Irish author, poet, and painter 1868 - George Arliss , English actor and playwright 1868 - Asriel Günzig , Moravian rabbi 1873 - Kyösti Kallio , Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland 1875 - George Clawley , English footballer 1877 - Alfred Kubin , Austrian author and illustrator 1879 - Bernhard Gregory , Estonian-German chess player 1879 - Coenraad Hiebendaal , Dutch rower and physician 1880 - Frances Perkins , American sociologist, academic, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Labor 1880 - Montague Summers , English clergyman and author 1886 - Johnny Hayes , American runner and trainer 1887 - Bernardo Houssay , Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1889 - Louis Rougier , French philosopher from the Vienna Circle 1891 - Frank Barson , English footballer and coach 1893 - Otto Steinböck , Austrian zoologist 1894 - Ben Nicholson , British painter 1897 - Prafulla Chandra Sen , Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal 1900 - Arnold Orville Beckman , American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist 1901 - Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil , Indian economist 1903 - Clare Turlay Newberry , American author and illustrator 1906 - Steve Anderson , American hurdler 1910 - Margaret Clapp , American scholar and academic 1910 - Helenio Herrera , Argentinian footballer and manager 1910 - Paul Sweezy , American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review 1911 - Martin Denny , American pianist and composer 1911 - Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France 1912 - Boris Kidrič , Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia 1913 - Stefan Heym , German-American soldier and author 1914 - Jack Badcock , Australian cricketer 1915 - Harry Morgan , American actor and director 1915 - Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator 1916 - Lee Jung-seob , Korean painter 1917 - Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1919 - John Houbolt , American engineer and academic 1921 - Chuck Connors , American baseball player and actor 1921 - Jake Warren , Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States 1921 - Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter and actor 1923 - Roger Gaillard , Haitian historian and author 1923 - Jane Kean , American actress and singer 1923 - Floyd Simmons , American decathlete and actor 1923 - Sid Tickridge , English footballer 1923 - John Watkins , South African cricketer 1924 - Kenneth Noland , American soldier and painter 1925 - Linda Goodman , American astrologer and author 1925 - Angelo Poffo , American wrestler and promoter 1926 - Jacques Castérède , French pianist and composer 1926 - Junior Samples , American comedian 1927 - Norma Candal , Puerto Rican-American actress 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate 1929 - Mike Hawthorn , English race car driver 1929 - Liz Sheridan , American actress 1929 - Max von Sydow , Swedish-French actor 1930 - Claude Bolling , French pianist, composer, and actor 1930 - Dolores Huerta , American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers 1931 - Kishori Amonkar , Indian classical vocalist 1932 - Delphine Seyrig , Swiss/Alsatian French actress 1932 - Omar Sharif , Egyptian actor and screenwriter 1933 - Rokusuke Ei , Japanese composer and author 1933 - Helen McElhone , Scottish politician 1934 - David Halberstam , American journalist and author 1935 - John A. Bennett, American soldier 1935 - Patrick Garland , English actor and director 1935 - Peter Hollingworth , Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia 1936 - John Howell , English long jumper 1936 - John Madden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster 1936 - Bobby Smith , American singer 1937 - Bella Akhmadulina , Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer , and translator 1938 - Don Meredith , American football player and sportscaster 1939 - Claudio Magris , Italian scholar, author, and translator 1940 - Gloria Hunniford , British radio and television host 1941 - Harold Long , Canadian politician 1941 - Paul Theroux , American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer 1942 - Nick Auf der Maur , Canadian journalist and politician 1942 - Ian Callaghan , English footballer 1942 - Stuart Dybek , American novelist, short story writer, and poet 1943 - Andrzej Badeński , Polish-German sprinter 1943 - Margaret Pemberton , English author 1945 - Kevin Berry , Australian swimmer 1946 - David Angell , American screenwriter and producer 1946 - Bob Watson , American baseball player and manager 1946 - Adolf Winkelmann , German director, producer, and screenwriter 1947 - David A. Adler, American author and educator 1947 - Bunny Wailer , Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer 1948 - Mel Blount , American football player 1949 - Daniel Mangeas , French banker and sportscaster 1949 - Eric Troyer , American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager 1950 - Eddie Hazel , American guitarist 1951 - David Helvarg , American journalist and activist 1952 - Narayan Rane , Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1952 - Masashi Sada , Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer 1952 - Steven Seagal , American actor, producer, and martial artist 1953 - David Moorcroft , English runner and businessman 1953 - Pamela Wallin , Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician 1954 - Paul Bearer , American wrestler and manager 1954 - Anne Lamott , American author and educator 1954 - Peter MacNicol , American actor 1954 - Juan Williams , Panamanian-American journalist and author 1955 - Lesley Garrett , English soprano and actress 1956 - Carol V. Robinson, English chemist and academic 1957 - Aliko Dangote , Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group 1957 - John M. Ford, American author and poet 1957 - Steve Gustafson , Spanish-American bass player 1957 - Rosemary Hill , English historian and author 1958 - Bob Bell , Northern Irish engineer 1958 - Yefim Bronfman , Uzbek-American pianist 1958 - Brigitte Holzapfel , German high jumper 1959 - Babyface , American singer-songwriter and producer 1959 - Yvan Loubier , Canadian economist and politician 1959 - Brian Setzer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 - Steve Bisciotti , American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group 1960 - Katrina Leskanich , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 - Terry Teagle , American basketball player 1961 - Nicky Campbell , Scottish broadcaster and journalist 1961 - Joe Cole , American roadie and author 1961 - Carole Goble , English computer scientist and academic 1961 - Mark Jones , American basketball player 1962 - Steve Tasker , American football player and sportscaster 1963 - Warren DeMartini , American guitarist and songwriter 1963 - Jeff Gray , American baseball player and coach 1963 - Doris Leuthard , Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation 1965 - Tim Alexander , American drummer and songwriter 1966 - Steve Claridge , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster 1967 - Donald Dufresne , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1967 - David Rovics , American singer-songwriter 1968 - Metin Göktepe , Turkish photographer and journalist 1968 - Orlando Jones , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1969 - Steve Glasson , Australian lawn bowler 1969 - Ekaterini Koffa , Greek sprinter 1970 - Enrico Ciccone , Canadian ice hockey player 1970 - Leonard Doroftei , Romanian-Canadian boxer 1970 - Kenny Lattimore , American singer-songwriter 1970 - Q-Tip , American rapper, producer, and actor 1971 - Brad William Henke , American football player and actor 1971 - Indro Olumets , Estonian footballer and coach 1971 - Al Reyes , Dominican-American baseball player 1972 - Ian Harvey , Australian cricketer 1972 - Priit Kasesalu , Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype 1972 - Gordon Buchanan , Scottish film maker 1973 - Guillaume Canet , French actor and director 1973 - Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballer and manager 1973 - Aidan Moffat , Scottish singer-songwriter 1973 - Christopher Simmons , Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic 1974 - Eric Greitens , American soldier, author and politician 1974 - Petros Passalis , Greek footballer 1975 - Chris Carrabba , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1975 - Terrence Lewis , Indian dancer and choreographer 1975 - David Harbour , American actor 1976 - Clare Buckfield , English actress 1976 - Yoshino Kimura , Japanese actress and singer 1976 - Sara Renner , Canadian skier 1977 - Stephanie Sheh , Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer 1978 - Sir Christus , Finnish guitarist 1979 - Iván Alonso , Uruguayan footballer 1979 - Kenyon Coleman , American football player 1979 - Rachel Corrie , American author and activist 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor , English singer-songwriter 1979 - Peter Kopteff , Finnish footballer 1980 - Sean Avery , Canadian ice hockey player and model 1980 - Charlie Hunnam , English actor 1980 - Shao Jiayi , Chinese footballer 1980 - Kasey Kahne , American race car driver 1980 - Bryce Soderberg , American singer-songwriter and bass player 1981 - Laura Bell Bundy , American actress and singer 1981 - Liz McClarnon , English singer and dancer 1981 - Michael Pitt , American actor, model and musician 1981 - Alexei Semenov , Russian ice hockey player 1982 - Andre Ethier , American baseball player 1982 - Chyler Leigh , American actress and singer 1983 - Jamie Chung , American actress 1983 - Andrew Dost , American guitarist and songwriter 1983 - Ryan Merriman , American actor 1983 - Hannes Sigurðsson , Icelandic footballer 1984 - Faustina Agolley , Australian television host 1984 - Jeremy Barrett , American figure skater 1984 - Mandy Moore , American singer-songwriter and actress 1984 - David Obua , Ugandan footballer 1984 - Damien Perquis , French-Polish footballer 1984 - Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez , Argentinian footballer 1985 - Barkhad Abdi , Somali-American actor and director 1985 - Willo Flood , Irish footballer 1985 - Jesús Gámez , Spanish footballer 1985 - Dion Phaneuf , Canadian ice hockey player 1986 - Olivia Borlée , Belgian sprinter 1986 - Fernando Gago , Argentine footballer 1986 - Corey Kluber , American baseball pitcher 1986 - Vincent Kompany , Belgian footballer 1986 - Tore Reginiussen , Norwegian footballer 1987 - Shay Mitchell , Canadian actress and model 1987 - Hayley Westenra , New Zealand soprano 1988 - Chris Heston , American baseball pitcher 1988 - Kareem Jackson , American football player 1988 - Haley Joel Osment , American actor 1990 - Ben Amos , English footballer 1990 - Andile Jali , South African footballer 1990 - Ricky Leutele , Australian-Samoan rugby league player 1990 - Maren Morris , American singer 1990 - Alex Pettyfer , English actor 1991 - AJ Michalka , American actress and singer 1992 - Jack Buchanan , Australian rugby league player 1992 - Sadio Mané , Senegalese footballer 1992 - Daisy Ridley , English actress 1993 - Sofia Carson , American singer and actress 1994 - Siobhan Hunter , Scottish footballer 1995 - Ian Nelson , American actor 1996 - Thanasi Kokkinakis , Australian tennis player 1996 - Audrey Whitby , American actress 1998 - Anna Pogorilaya , Russian figure skater 2001 - Ky Baldwin , Australian singer and actor 2001 - Noa Kirel , Israeli singerDeaths 879 - Louis the Stammerer , king of West Francia 943 - Landulf I , prince of Benevento and Capua 948 - Hugh of Arles , king of Italy 1008 - Notker of Liège , French bishop 1216 - Eric X , king of Sweden 1282 - Ahmad Fanakati , chief minister under Kublai Khan 1309 - Elisabeth von Rapperswil , Swiss countess 1362 - Maud , English noblewoman 1500 - Michael Tarchaniota Marullus , Greek scholar and poet 1533 - Frederick I , king of Denmark and Norway 1545 - Costanzo Festa , Italian composer 1585 - Gregory XIII , pope of the Catholic Church 1598 - Jacopo Mazzoni , Italian philosopher 1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrées , French mistress of Henry IV of France 1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish soldier and poet 1619 - Thomas Jones , English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1640 - Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and theorist 1644 - William Brewster , English official and pilgrim leader 1646 - Santino Solari , Swiss architect and sculptor 1667 - Jan Marek Marci , Czech physician and author 1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg , German cardinal 1756 - Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian composer 1760 - Jean Lebeuf , French historian and author 1786 - John Byron , English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland 1806 - Horatio Gates , English-American general 1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange , Italian mathematician and astronomer 1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold , Austrian philosopher and academic 1871 - Lucio Norberto Mansilla , Argentinian general and politician 1904 - Isabella II , Spanish queen 1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general 1920 - Moritz Cantor , German mathematician and historian 1931 - Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher 1935 - Rosa Campbell Praed , Australian novelist 1938 - King Oliver , American cornet player and bandleader 1942 - Carl Schenstrøm , Danish actor and director 1943 - Andreas Faehlmann , Estonian-German sailor and engineer 1945 - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch printer and typographer 1947 - Charles Nordhoff , English-American lieutenant and author 1950 - Fevzi Çakmak , Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey 1954 - Auguste Lumière , French director and producer 1954 - Oscar Mathisen , Norwegian speed skater 1955 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French priest, theologian, and philosopher 1958 - Chuck Willis , American singer-songwriter 1960 - André Berthomieu , French director and screenwriter 1962 - Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe , Scottish artist and musician 1965 - Lloyd Casner , American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division 1965 - Linda Darnell , American actress 1966 - Evelyn Waugh , English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic 1968 - Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian lieutenant and politician 1969 - Harley Earl , American businessman 1975 - Walker Evans , American photographer 1975 - Marjorie Main , American actress 1978 - Hjalmar Mäe , Estonian politician 1979 - Nino Rota , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor 1980 - Kay Medford , American actress and singer 1981 - Howard Thurman , American author, philosopher and civil rights activist 1983 - Issam Sartawi , Palestinian activist 1985 - Zisis Verros , Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle 1986 - Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter 1991 - Kevin Peter Hall , American actor 1991 - Martin Hannett , English guitarist and producer 1991 - Natalie Schafer , American actress 1992 - Sam Kinison , American comedian and actor 1993 - Chris Hani , South African activist and politician 1994 - Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician 1995 - Morarji Desai , Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India 1997 - Michael Dorris , American author and academic 1998 - Seraphim of Athens , Greek archbishop 1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat , German-American biochemist and physician 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl , American actress and voice artist 2000 - Peter Jones , English actor and screenwriter 2000 - Larry Linville , American actor 2003 - Little Eva , American singer 2004 - Jacek Kaczmarski , Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet 2004 - Sakıp Sabancı , Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding 2005 - Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist 2005 - Scott Gottlieb , American drummer 2005 - Archbishop Iakovos of America 2005 - Al Lucas , American football player 2005 - Wally Tax , Dutch singer-songwriter 2007 - Charles Philippe Leblond , French-Canadian biologist and academic 2007 - Dakota Staton , American singer 2009 - Deborah Digges , American poet and educator 2010 - Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included: *Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland *Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist, First Lady of Poland *Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland *Anna Walentynowicz, Ukrainian-Polish journalist and activist 2010 - Dixie Carter , American actress and singer 2012 - Raymond Aubrac , French engineer and activist 2012 - Barbara Buchholz , German theremin player and composer 2012 - Lili Chookasian , Armenian-American operatic singer 2012 - Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal 2012 - Akin Omoboriowo , Nigerian lawyer and politician 2013 - Lorenzo Antonetti , Italian cardinal 2013 - Raymond Boudon , French sociologist and academic 2013 - Binod Bihari Chowdhury , Bangladeshi activist 2013 - Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 2013 - Olive Lewin , Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author 2013 - Gordon Thomas , English cyclist 2013 - Angela Voigt , German long jumper 2014 - Dominique Baudis , French journalist and politician 2014 - Jim Flaherty , Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance 2014 - Richard Hoggart , English author and academic 2014 - Sue Townsend , English author and playwright 2015 - Richie Benaud , Australian cricketer and sportscaster 2015 - Raúl Héctor Castro , Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona 2015 - Judith Malina , German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre 2015 - Rose Francine Rogombé , Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon 2015 - Peter Walsh , Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance 2016 - Howard Marks , Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaignerHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Fulbert of Chartres *James, Azadanus and Abdicius *Mikael Agricola *Pierre Teilhard de Chardin *William of Ockham *William Law *April 10 Day of the Builder Feast of the Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law Siblings Day World Homeopathy Day
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