What happend on 10th April

09.04
11.04
1998

The Belfast Agreement is signed.

1991

A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Angola; the first of its kind to be documented by Satelites.

1988

The comic strip Fox Trot débuts.

1979

On the day known to meteorologists as "terrible Tuesday", a tornado hits in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado).

1973

A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.

1972

20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.

1972

Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967 American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.

1971

Cold War: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China host the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.

1970

Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up.

1970

Vietnam War: 48 percent of the Americans polled in a Gallup Poll approve of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's Vietnam policy, while 41 percent disapprove.