Friday, April 10, 2020

History for April 10

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History for April 10 - On-This-Day.com
William Hazlitt 1778 - English writer, essayist, philosopher and critic, Commodore Matthew Perry 1794, Lew Wallace 1827 - U.S. novelist ("Ben Hur")
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William Booth 1829 - Founder of Salvation Army, author ("In Darkest England"), Joseph Pulitzer 1847 - Publisher, his will left $2 million for a fund which established annual prizes for literature, drama, music and journalism, Harry Morgan 1915 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
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1932 - Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
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1963 - 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA.
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