One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea. Date: April 10, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 10, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅…
Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. Date: April 10, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. Date: April 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong. Date: April 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people. Date: April 10, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people. Date: April 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later. Date: April 10, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Date: April 10, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites. Date: April 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)