1240 – Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
1512 – Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle
1648 – Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
1729 – Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 71
1861 – Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (Mexican national anthem), dies at 37
1918 – Arthur E Ochse, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), dies in action WWI at 48
1973 – (Edward) “Ted” de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 69
2008 – Merlin German, United States Marine
2011 – Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, dies of lung cancer at 63
2011 – Lacy Gibson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (“Switchy Titchy”), dies of a heart attack at 74
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Historical Events for 11th April 2025
491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I – often called the first Byzantine Emperor
1828 – Foundation of Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1898 – President McKinley asks for Spanish–American War declaration
1921 – Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
1921 – The Emirate of Transjordan created
1942 – US Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal established
1962 – New York Mets make a losing debut
1991 – UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
2021 – 20-year-old Daunte Wright shot and killed at a traffic stop by police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who says they mistook their gun for a taser
2023 – Largest cosmic explosion ever recorded (AT2021lwx)- fireball 100 x size of the solar system with a brightness 2trillion x the sun’s, thought to be large gas cloud entering a supermassive black hole eight million lights years away
Famous Deaths for 10th April 2025
1362 – Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
1585 – Gregory XIII [Ugo Boncompagni], Italian pope (1572-85) who introduced the Gregorian (New Style) calendar in 1582, dies at 83
1786 – John Byron, British Royal Navy officer and explorer who circumnavigated the globe, grandfather to the poet , dies at 62
1807 – Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
1862 – William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American lawyer and Brigadier General, dies at 40
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (The Prophet; Broken Wings; Sand and Foam), painter, and philosopher, dies of cirrhosis of the liver, with incipient tuberculosis, at 48
1932 – André Baillon, Belgian-French author (and sabots), dies at 56
1961 – Irene Warfield, American silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at about 65 [exact birthdate unconfirmed]
2009 – Richard Arnell, English classical composer, dies at 91
2022 – Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85
Historical Events for 10th April 2025
1816 – 2nd Bank of US chartered
1937 – Cole Porter’s musical “Red, Hot And Blue”, starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope, closes at the Alvin Theatre, NYC, after 183 performances
1939 – Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
1945 – German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1946 – 1st election for Japanese Parliament
1961 – 25th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: South African Gary Player beats defending champion Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by 1 stroke to become first international champion; Monday finish because of rain
1988 – Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1993 – Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
2006 – 5th CMT Video Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney win
2019 – First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google’s Alphabet company
Today in History for 10th April 2025
Historical Events
1500 – France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1815 – Austria declares war on Kingdom of Naples
1898 – First Navy Law is passed by the German Reichstag
1925 – Scribners publishes “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1961 – 25th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: South African Gary Player beats defending champion Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by 1 stroke to become first international champion; Monday finish because of rain
2024 – South Korea’s liberal opposition party wins landslide majority in the country’s general election – a defeat for President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid claims he was brought down by a spring onion
Famous Birthdays
1847 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) and Democratic politician whose bequest founded the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, born in Makó, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1911)
1930 – Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2006)
1953 – David Moorcroft, British athlete (WR 5,000m 13:00.41 1982-85) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Coventry, England
1965 – Tim Alexander, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Pork soda), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
1970 – Enrico Ciccone, Canadian NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
1982 – Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Cuenca, Ecuador
Famous Deaths
1807 – Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
1883 – Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, dies at 70
1972 – Henech Kon, Polish composer and cabaret performer, dies at 81
1981 – Howard Thurman, African-American theologian and author (Deep River, Deep is the Hunger), dies at 81
2007 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (“Where Flamingos Fly”; “Sex Is A Misdemeanor”), dies at 76
2022 – Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 9th April 2025
1747 – Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat, Scottish Jacobite (last man beheaded in England), beheaded for treason at 80
1852 – John Howard Payne, American actor, playwright (Fair Warning), author and creator of the hit song “Home! Sweet Home!”, dies at 60
1862 – George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter, dies at 53
1984 – Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
2002 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2005 – Andrea Dworkin, American radical feminist (Pornography: Men Possessing Women), dies of heart failure at 58
2011 – Sidney Lumet, American film director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe), dies of lymphoma at 86
2019 – Marilynn Smith, American golfer, co-founder LPGA (Titleholders Championship 1963-64), dies at 89
2020 – Dmitri Smirnov, Russian-British classical composer (Solo for Harp; Thel; Red Bells), and teacher, dies of COVID-19 at 71
Historical Events for 9th April 2025
1941 – PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, East Prussia, ends.
1965 – Beatles “Ticket to Ride” single is released in UK
1977 – Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1986 – TV show “Dallas” announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1992 – Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman
2000 – 64th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Fijian Vijay Singh wins by 3 strokes from Ernie Els of South Africa
2013 – The French Senate approves a bill for same-sex marriage
2017 – Suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 17, Al-Shabaab group claim responsibility
2018 – Fleetwood Mac announce new members Neil Finn and Mike Campbell after firing long-standing member Lindsey Buckingham
Today in History for 9th April 2025
Historical Events
1935 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup
1947 – Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1954 – 7th Cannes Film Festival: “Gate of Hell” directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1976 – “All the President’s Men”, directed by Alan J. Pakula, based on the non-fiction book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, is released
2022 – Joel Embiid is named the NBA scoring champion, averaging 30.6 points per game
2024 – A group of older Swiss women win a landmark climate change case at the European Court of Human Rights, ruling the women’s rights had been violated by not fully addressing climate change
Famous Birthdays
1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1859)
1915 – Albert Rémy, French actor (Grand Prix, The 400 Blows, The Train), born in Sèvres, Seine, France (d. 1967)
1933 – Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994)
1939 – Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse), born in Washington, D.C.
1943 – Terry Knight [Knapp], American rock singer, manager, and record producer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004)
1966 – Oliver Barnett, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Louisville, Kentucky
Famous Deaths
1553 – Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua, Pantagruel), dies at 49
1914 – Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician (44th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 55
1994 – Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
2001 – Willie Stargell, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder/1st baseman (7 x MLB All Star; World Series 1971, 79 [MVP]; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from a stroke at 61
2006 – Robin Orr, Scottish composer, dies at 96
2021 – Ramsey Clark, American lawyer, US Attorney General (1967-69) and activist, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 8th April 2025
217 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
1725 – John Wise, American clergyman and political activist who protested against British taxes, dies at 73
1844 – Ignaz Franz von Mosel, Austrian composer, dies at 72
1974 – James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto, dies at 79
1984 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist (Nobel 1978), dies at 89
1990 – Doreen Sloane, English actress (Coronation Street), dies of cancer at 56
1995 – Maurice Allom, English cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies at 89
2001 – Frank Annunzio, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1965-93), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 86
2013 – Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Blanket Bingo), and singer (“Tall Paul”). dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 70
2021 – Diána Igaly, Hungarian sport shooter (Olympic gold women’s skeet 2004; bronze 2000), dies from COVID-19 at 56
Historical Events for 8th April 2025
1802 – French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled
1913 – China’s National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history
1945 – 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals
1965 – India and Pakistan forces engage in a border fight
1975 – 47th Academy Awards: “The Godfather Part II”, Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win
1989 – Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico and charged with kidnapping, murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, drug trafficking and other crimes
1994 – MLB outfielder Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
1994 – Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
2006 – 159th Grand National: 11–1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter
2013 – 163 people are killed and 50,000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur, Sudan