What happend on 10th April

09.04
11.04
1968

Shipwreck of the Wahine outside Wellington harbour.

1963

The submarine USS Thresher is lost at sea, with all hands (129 officers, crewmen and civilian technicians)

1959

Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko (née Michiko Shoda), a commoner.

1957

The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.

1953

The House of Wax opens at New York City's Paramount Theater (it was the first color feature in 3-D).

1944

Henry Ford II is named executive vice president of Ford Motor Company.

1941

World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustase fascist insurgents in power.

1939

Dr. I.Q., the Mental Banker debuts.

1938

Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France

1933

New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps is created.