APRIL 10 HISTORY

April 10, 1953 - David Moorcroft, British athlete
April 10, 1829 - William Booth, Foudner of the Salvation Army
April 10, 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner
April 10, 1929 - Max Von Sydow, Swedish born actor
April 10, 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian born actor
April 10, 1941 - Chuck Connors, American film actor
April 10, 1940 - Gloria Hunniford, Television & radio presenter
April 10, 1986 - Miss Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile
April 10, 1984 - The Solar Max satellite was sucessfully retrieved by Shuttle astronauts
April 10, 1972 - An agreement, banning the use of biological weapons, was signed by 46 countries
April 10, 1960 - The Civil Rights Bill was passed in the American Senate
April 10, 1924 - The first ever book of crosswords was published in the United States
April 10, 1912 - The liner 'Titanic' left Southampton on her first (and only) voyage
April 10, 1849 - The safety pin was patented in the United States
April 10, 1841 - The New York Tribune was published for the very first time
April 10, 1633 - Bananas went on sale for the first time in Britain