April 10
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Art and culture
- 1906 - The Four Million, O. Henry's second short story collection, is published.
- 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York, New York by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Births
- 1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
- 1911 - Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
- 1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
- 1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
Deaths
- 1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
- 1904 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
- 1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
- 1920 - Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
- 1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
- 1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
- 1945 - H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
- 1954 - Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
- 1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
- 1955 - Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
- 1958 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
- 1962 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
- 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
- 1965 - Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
- 1965 - Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1966 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
- 1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
- 1969 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
- 1975 - Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1991 - Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
- 1991 - Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1992 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
- 1993 - Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
- 1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Morarji Desai, Indian activist (b. 1896)
- 1997 - Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
- 1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
- 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Peter Jones, English comedian (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
- 2000 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer (b. 1950)
- 2003 - Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
- 2005 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
Notes
Alfred Kubin
Evelyn Waugh
John O'Brien (novelist)
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Delphine Seyrig
Statute of Anne
Christophe Honoré
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Jacques de Loustal
Gillo Dorfles
Medieval Dutch literature
Anna Bijns
The Great Gatsby
Bernard Moitessier
Auguste and Louis Lumière
Montague Summers
Kahlil Gibran
Giuseppe Pitrè
Walker Evans
Martin Denny
Oliviero Toscani
Nino Rota
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