{"id":19729,"date":"2020-04-10T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=19729"},"modified":"2020-04-10T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T04:11:53","slug":"history-of-10-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-10-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 10 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 10 April<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> &#8211; Three European hostages kidnapped at sea in 1987 by Palestinian extremists were released in Beirut.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; A bomb exploded in London&#8217;s financial district. The bomb, set off by the Irish Republican Army, killed three people and injured 91.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; Outside Needles, CA, comedian Sam Kinison was killed when a pickup truck slammed into his car on a desert road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; In Los Angeles, financier Charles Keating Jr. was sentenced to nine years in prison for swindling investors when his Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed. The convictions were later overturned.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani was assassinated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; NATO warplanes launched air strikes for the first time on Serb forces that were advancing on the Bosnian Muslim town of Gordazde. The area had been declared a U.N. safe area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed a technique used to end pregnancies in their late stages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Rod Steiger received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Negotiators reached a peace accord on governing British ruled Northern Ireland. Britain&#8217;s direct rule was ended.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; The www.June4.org web site was launched by Chinese dissidents and human rights activists to promote their campaign for democracy in China.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported irregularities in the voting in Georgia&#8217;s presidential election on April 9. President Eduard Shevardnadze was reelected to a new five-year term.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in baseball history to reach 400 home runs. He was 30 years, 141 days old.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Jane Swift took office as the first female governor of Massachusetts. She succeeded Paul Cellucci, who had resigned to become the U.S. ambassador to Canada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; The Netherlands legalized mercy killings and assisted suicide for patients with unbearable, terminal illness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the U.S. Senate as a representative of the Israeli government. He warned that suicide bombers would spread to the U.S. if Israel was not allowed to finish its military offensive in the West Bank. Netanyaho also cited the goals of dismantling the terror regime and expelling Arafat from the region, ridding the Palestinian territories of terrorist weapons and establishing &#8220;physical barriers&#8221; to protect Israelis from future Palestinian attacks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> &#8211; In Fiji, President Josefa Iloilo suspended the nation&#8217;s Constitution, dismissed all judges and constitutional appointees and assumed all governance in the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Polish Air Force\u00a0Tu-154M\u00a0crashes\u00a0near\u00a0Smolensk,\u00a0Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President\u00a0Lech Kaczy\u0144ski, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Paravur temple accident\u00a0in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for\u00a0Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of\u00a0Bhadrakali\u00a0worship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong> \u2013 An\u00a0earthquake, of 6.6 magnitude, strikes 39\u00a0km west-southwest of\u00a0Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Scientists from the\u00a0Event Horizon Telescope\u00a0project announce the first ever image of a\u00a0black hole, located in the centre of the\u00a0M87\u00a0galaxy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Liz McClarnon, English singer and dancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andre Ethier, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chyler Leigh, American actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jamie Chung, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryan Merriman, American actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Hannes Sigur\u00f0sson, Icelandic footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Faustina Agolley, Ghanaian\/Chinese Malaysian\u00a0English-Australian television host and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jeremy Barrett, American figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mandy Moore, English\/Irish\/Russian-American singer-songwriter and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0David Obua, Ugandan footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Damien Perquis, French-Polish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gonzalo Javier Rodr\u00edguez, Argentinian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Willo Flood, Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jes\u00fas G\u00e1mez, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Olivia Borl\u00e9e, Belgian sprinter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Haley Joel Osment, American actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ben Amos, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andile Jali, South African footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ricky Leutele, Australian-Samoan rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Maren Morris, American singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alex Pettyfer, English actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0AJ Michalka, American actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sadio Man\u00e9, Senegalese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daisy Ridley, English actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sofia Carson, American singer and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ian Nelson, American actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Audrey Whitby, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ky Baldwin, Australian singer and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Noa Kirel, Israeli singer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 10 April 1990 &#8211; Three European hostages kidnapped at sea in 1987 by Palestinian extremists were released in Beirut. 1992 &#8211; A bomb exploded in London&#8217;s financial district. The bomb, set off by the Irish Republican Army, killed three people and injured 91. 1992 &#8211; Outside Needles, CA, comedian Sam Kinison was killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82],"tags":[83,1149,498],"class_list":{"0":"post-19729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history","8":"tag-history","9":"tag-history-of-10-april","10":"tag-todays-history"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/today-history-img2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab1DJ-58d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19786,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions\/19786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}