April 10: Day of the Week
April 10, 2023 is the 100th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.
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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.
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April 10 Historical Event(s)
- 1500Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
- 1856The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
- 1866The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- 1874The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- 1919Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
- 1944Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
- 1971Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People’s Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
- 1972Seventy-four nations sign the Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of biological weapons.
- 1972Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
- 2009President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces he will suspend the constitution and assume all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
Who were born on April 10?
- 1867George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
- 1873Alfred Kubin, Austrian expressionist illustrator and writer (d. 1959)
- 1923Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
- 1930Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist
- 1941Paul Theroux, American author
- 1952Steven Seagal, American actor
- 1970Q-Tip, American musician
- 1973Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
- 1986Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
- 1990Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
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