Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 10
This is a list of selected April 10 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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General Emiliano Zapata -
General Emiliano Zapata -
Emiliano Zapata (right) and his brother Eufemio Zapata
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Akihito, Emperor of Japan
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Lech Kaczyński
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was established by Royal Charter by King James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. | refimprove section |
| 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeated Austria at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Prussian King Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia. | needs more footnotes |
| 1826 – Greek War of Independence: The inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi attempted to escape a year-long siege, but were caught by Turkish forces and slaughtered. | one source, no footnotes |
| 1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos. | citation style |
| 1959 – Crown Prince Akihito, the future Emperor of Japan, wedded Michiko, the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family. | refimprove section |
| 1963 – The US Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean. | refimprove section |
| 1968 – In the best-known maritime disaster in New Zealand's history, the inter-island ferry TEV Wahine capsized outside Wellington harbour, killing 53 of the 733 people on board. | refimprove section |
| 1971 – In an attempt to thaw Sino-American relations, members of the American table tennis team entered the People's Republic of China for a weeklong visit. | needs more footnotes, lead too short |
| 1998 – The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom signed the Good Friday Agreement, a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. | refimprove sections |
| 2010 Polish President Lech Kaczyński was killed when the aircraft he was travelling in crashed at Smolensk, Russia. | refimprove section, expansion |
Eligible
- 1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first fully-fledged law regulating copyright, entered into force in Great Britain.
- 1815 – Mount Tambora in Indonesia began one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people, and affecting worldwide temperatures for the next two years.
- 1816 – President James Madison signed the charter establishing the Second Bank of the United States as the nation's second national bank.
- 1868 – A British military expedition to Abyssinia culminated in a rout of the Ethiopian Empire and the later suicide of Emperor Tewodros II.
- 1970 – In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
- 2009 – Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced that he had suspended the constitution and assumed all governance in the country after it was ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal.
- 2010 – A Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft carrying President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and other Polish officials crashed while attempting to land in heavy fog at Smolensk-North air base near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 on board.
- 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition began when Austria invaded Bavaria.
- 1858 – Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell had cracked during testing.
- 1925 – The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (pictured) was first published.
- 1944 – The Holocaust: Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz; their report was one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the mass killings in the camp.
- 1992 – Nagorno-Karabakh War: At least 40 Armenian civilians were massacred in Maraga, Azerbaijan.
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