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April 10: Day of the Week
April 10, 2024 was the 101st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 265 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 10 Historical Event(s)
428
Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
1741
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz.
1868
At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
1916
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919
Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1944
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1953
Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
1959
Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
1970
Paul McCartney announces that he leaves The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1992
The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Who were born on April 10?
1827
Lew Wallace, American Civil War figure and novelist (d. 1905)
1923
Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
1930
Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
1955
Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1958
Kenneth Edmonds, American music producer
1963
Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician
1970
Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
1974
Henning Wehn, German comedian
1976
Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1984
Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
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