Skip to content

Home arrow Trivia Resources arrow On this day in history

On this day in History Archives
 
At PaulsQuiz.com we aim to provide you with as much information as we possibly can. That's why we have built our On This Day in History section, to do just that. Our database is forever growing, we're adding more and more events from history to help you write your quiz questions.

Simply enter a date using the drop-down boxes below and click the 'Go' button to display events from the past that ocurred on that day.
 

 
10 April, 2006
Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in cities across the United States.
10 April, 1998
The Belfast Agreement is signed.
10 April, 1991
Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
10 April, 1991
A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
10 April, 1979
On "Terrible Tuesday", a tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak).
10 April, 1978
Volkswagen becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to build cars in the United States, opening a plant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
10 April, 1973
A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
10 April, 1972
20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
10 April, 1972
Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
10 April, 1971
Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the Peoples Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
10 April, 1968
Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
10 April, 1963
The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians).
10 April, 1959
Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
10 April, 1957
The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
10 April, 1944
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
10 April, 1944
Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.
10 April, 1941
World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelics Ustase fascist insurgents in power.
10 April, 1938
Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France.
10 April, 1933
New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.
10 April, 1925
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York, New York by Charles Scribners Sons.
10 April, 1919
Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
10 April, 1916
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
10 April, 1912
The RMS Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
10 April, 1906
The Four Million, O. Henrys second short story collection, is published.
10 April, 1896
Spiridon Louis wins the marathon of the first Olympic Games.
10 April, 1874
The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska, USA.
10 April, 1869
José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
10 April, 1868
At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Theodore. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/ Indian troops.
10 April, 1866
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
10 April, 1865
American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
10 April, 1864
Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
10 April, 1857
The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement.
10 April, 1856
Theta Chi Fraternity Founded at Norwich University
10 April, 1826
The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a years siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
10 April, 1821
Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
10 April, 1816
The U.S. government approved the creation of a Second Bank of the United States.
10 April, 1815
Mount Tambora eruption covers several islands with ash in Indonesia.
10 April, 1790
United States Patent system established
10 April, 1741
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
10 April, 1710
The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
10 April, 1606
The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
10 April, 1500
Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and handed over to the French.
10 April, 879
Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.

Choose another day in history

January

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

February

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29

March

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

April

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30

May

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

June

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30

July

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

August

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

September

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30

October

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

November

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30

December

01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

PaulsQuiz.com Exclusive: Free Questions in Your Inbox

Join the PaulsQuiz.com Facebook Group
Copyright © 2008 - Paul Abrook and Dave Small
RSS Feed RSS Feed | Free Quiz Questions | Pub Quiz Questions - at our Sister site