April 10th
Today in America's Present Past
1794 | Commodore Matthew C. Perry was born.
1799 | Explorer James Bowie was born.
1827 | Novelist Lew Wallace is born.
1841 | Horace Greeley begins publishing the New York Tribune.
1847 | Publisher Joseph Pulitzer was born.
1849 | Walter Hunt patents the Safety pin.
1856 | The Theta Chi Fraternity is formed at Norwich University.
1861 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is formed.
1869 | Congress: Changes the number of members of SCOTUS from 7 to 9.
1872 | The first Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to April 22.
1880 | The First female cabinet member, Frances Perkins, was born.
1899 | Pana riots in Illinois.
1903 | Author and diplomat Clare Booth Luce was born.
1915 | Actor Harry Morgan was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1916 | The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is formed.
1919 | Civil Rights: “Red Summer race riots” in Morgan County, West Virginia.
1925 | “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published.
1931 | Poet Khalil Gibran was born.
1936 | Football Pro John Madden was born.
1941 | Author Paul Theroux was born.
1951 | Actor Steven Seagal was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1968 | Civil Rights: MLK-related riots continue in Wilmington, Delaware, and Trenton, New Jersey.
1984 | Entertainer Mandy Moore was born.
2001 | Cincinnati riots start.
2003 | Musician Little Eva died.
2024 | Football Pro O.J. Simpson died.