April 10th, 1968

Born on April 10th, 1968

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What happened on April 10th, 1968?

April 10th, 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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEV_Wahine

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, 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.

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, 1968

56

Orlando Jones

American stand-up comedian

*April 10th, 1968, Toulminville

27

Metin Göktepe

Turkish journalist

*April 10th, 1968, Sivas †January 9th, 1996, Istanbul

56

Štěpánka Hilgertová

Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist

*April 10th, 1968, Prague

56

Damien Witecka

French actor

*April 10th, 1968, Dijon

56

Luis Machin

Argentine actor

*April 10th, 1968, Rosario

56

Jacqueline Arenal

Cuban actress

*April 10th, 1968, Havana

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

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

54

Matt Barlow

American heavy metal singer

*April 10th, 1970, Biloxi

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

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

51

Guillaume Canet

French actor, film director, and screenwriter

*April 10th, 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

55

Georg Nüßlein

German politician

*April 10th, 1969, Krumbach

49

David Harbour

American actor (born 1975)

*April 10th, 1975, White Plains

53

Vladimir Lenin

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

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

44

Jordan Horowitz

American film producer

*April 10th, 1980, New York City

41

Jamie Chung

American actress

*April 10th, 1983, San Francisco

61

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

*April 10th, 1963, London

70

Angelika Hellmann

East German gymnast

*April 10th, 1954, Halle (Saale)

40

Dons

Latvian singer

*April 10th, 1984, Saldus

70

Peter MacNicol

American actor

*April 10th, 1954, Dallas

43

Laura Bell Bundy

American actress

*April 10th, 1981, Euclid

31

Sofia Carson

American singer, actress and songwriter

*April 10th, 1993, Fort Lauderdale

87

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian composer of the Romantic Era

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

32

Sadio Mané

Senegalese association football player

*April 10th, 1992, Bambali

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Yes: 1968 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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