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What Happened In April 2010 In History

Historical Events for April, 2010

  • 5th » Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster known as Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
  • 6th » Communist Party of India (Maoist) Maoist rebels April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada kill 76 Central Reserve Police Force CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
  • 10th » Polish Air Force Tu-154M 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash called crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and dozens of other senior officials
  • 12th » A 2010 Merano train derailment called train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
  • 14th » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a 2010 Yushu earthquake or magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture or Yushu, Qinghai, China.
  • 20th » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig Deepwater Horizon explosion called explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an Deepwater Horizon oil spill or oil spill that would last six months.
  • 21st » The controversial 2010 Kharkiv Pact e.g Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia

Famous Deaths for April 2010

  • 1st » John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
  • 1st » Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
  • 2nd » Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1937)
  • 2nd » Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
  • 2nd » Thomas J. Moyer, American jurist (b. 1939)
  • 3rd » Roland MacLeod, English footballer (b, 1935)
  • 6th » Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)
  • 6th » Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (b. 1895)
  • 6th » Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)
  • 8th » Jack Agnew, Irish-American soldier (b. 1922)
  • 8th » Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer (b. 1946)
  • 8th » Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
  • 9th » Zoltán Varga (footballer) known as Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (b. 1945)
  • 9th » Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (b. 1915)
  • 10th » Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash:
  • 10th » Dixie Carter, American actress (b. 1939)
  • 10th » Arthur Mercante, Sr., American boxer and referee (b. 1920)
  • 11th » Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (b. 1948)
  • 12th » Palito, Filipino actor (b. 1934)
  • 12th » Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (b. 1916)
  • 12th » Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
  • 14th » Israr Ahmed, Pakistani theologian and scholar (b. 1932)
  • 14th » Alice Miller (psychologist) called Alice Miller, Polish-French psychologist and author (b. 1923)
  • 14th » Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Type O Negative, Carnivore (band) known as Carnivore, and Fallout (band) named Fallout) (b. 1962)
  • 15th » Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
  • 15th » Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)
  • 16th » Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (b. 1949)
  • 16th » Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the Drug Abuse Resistance Education named D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)
  • 19th » Guru (rapper) or Guru, American rapper, producer, and actor (Gang Starr) (b. 1961)
  • 19th » Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1981)
  • 19th » Carl Williams (criminal) named Carl Williams, Australian murderer and drug trafficker (b. 1970)
  • 20th » Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)
  • 21st » Mr. Hito, Japanese wrestler (b. 1942)
  • 21st » Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) (b. 1947)
  • 21st » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman (b. 1920)
  • 21st » Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
  • 22nd » Richard Barrett (lawyer) or Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (b. 1943)
  • 25th » Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1935)
  • 25th » Alan Sillitoe, English author and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • 26th » Urs Felber, Swiss businessman (b. 1942)
  • 29th » Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist, designed 'OXO' (b. 1921)
  • 30th » Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (b. 1956)

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