April 10th, 1944

Born on April 10th, 1944

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What happened on April 10th, 1944?

April 10th, 1944

Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vrba

April 10th, 1944

The Holocaust: Slovak Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz, later publishing a report that became one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the camp's mass killings.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

What else happened on April 10th?

April 10th, 1992

First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.

April 10th, 1973

In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.

April 10th, 1970

In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.

April 10th, 1963

The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.

April 10th, 1925

The novel The Great Gatsby by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published by Scribner's.

April 10th, 1919

Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata (pictured) was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.

April 10th, 1858

Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing.

April 10th, 1815

Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.

April 10th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition began with the Austrian invasion of Bavaria, then a client state of France.

April 10th, 1741

War of the Austrian Succession: Prussian forces defeated Austrian troops at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.

April 10th, 1221

A Mongol army commanded by Tolui captured the city of Merv in present-day Turkmenistan, allegedly killing more than 1.7 million people.

April 10th, 2023

A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.

April 10th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 10th

Born on April 10th, 1944

80

Vin Di Bona

American Television Producer and Director

*April 10th, 1944, Cranston

73

Giovanni Bignami

Italian physicist

*April 10th, 1944, Desio †May 25th, 2017, Madrid

80

Thüring Bräm

Swiss composer

*April 10th, 1944, Basel

80

Robin Ward

Canadian television personality

*April 10th, 1944, Canada

32

Fritz Angst

Swiss author (1944-1976)

*April 10th, 1944, Meilen †November 2nd, 1976, Zürich

72

Peter Wenger

Swiss football player (1944-2016)

*April 10th, 1944, Küsnacht †July 23rd, 2016, Lucerne

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 10th?

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

82

Ian Callaghan

English footballer (born 1942)

*April 10th, 1942, Toxteth

61

Shirley Walker

American film and television composer (1945–2006)

*April 10th, 1945, Napa †November 30th, 2006, Reno

53

Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union

*April 10th, 1870, Ulyanovsk †January 21st, 1924, Bolshiye Gorki

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

70

Angelika Hellmann

East German gymnast

*April 10th, 1954, Halle (Saale)

70

Peter MacNicol

American actor

*April 10th, 1954, Dallas

87

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian composer of the Romantic Era

*April 10th, 1813, Le Roncole †January 27th, 1901, Milan

71

Heiner Lauterbach

German actor and voice actor

*April 10th, 1953, Cologne

51

Guillaume Canet

French actor, film director, and screenwriter

*April 10th, 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt

44

Jordan Horowitz

American film producer

*April 10th, 1980, New York City

83

Omar Sharif

Egyptian actor (1932–2015)

*April 10th, 1932, Alexandria †July 10th, 2015, Behman Hospital

41

Jamie Chung

American actress

*April 10th, 1983, San Francisco

96

Berit Ås

Norwegian politician

*April 10th, 1928, Fredrikstad Municipality

49

David Harbour

American actor (born 1975)

*April 10th, 1975, White Plains

31

Sofia Carson

American singer, actress and songwriter

*April 10th, 1993, Fort Lauderdale

40

Dons

Latvian singer

*April 10th, 1984, Saldus

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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