Editing April 10 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' sets sail from [[Southampton]], England on her maiden and only voyage.
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Professional Golfers' Association of America]] (PGA) is created in New York City.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]] leader [[Emiliano Zapata]] is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in [[Morelos]].
*  1919   &ndash; The [[Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents#Third Congress (April 1919)|Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents]] is held by the [[Makhnovshchina]] at [[Huliaipole]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Darch|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917–21|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=978-0745338880|oclc=1225942343|page=49}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] is first published in New York City, by [[Charles Scribner's Sons]].
* 1925     &ndash; The Russian city of [[Tsaritsyn]] was renamed [[Stalingrad]] to honor the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]], Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mccauley |first=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-W3aAAAAQBAJ&q=stalingrad+10+april+1925 |title=Stalin and Stalinism |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1317863687 |edition=3 |author-link=Martin McCauley (historian)}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[1938 German parliamentary election and referendum]] seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
*[[1939]] &ndash; ''[[Alcoholics Anonymous]]'' (AA) publish the first edition of their "[[The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)|Big Book]]", which introduced the twelve-step program.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Axis powers]] establish the [[Independent State of Croatia]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Vrba]] and [[Alfréd Wetzler]] escape from [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Birkenau death camp]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the [[submarine]] {{USS|Thresher|SSN-593|6}} sinks at sea.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[TEV Wahine|TEV ''Wahine'']], a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Paul McCartney]] announces that he is leaving [[The Beatles]] for personal and professional reasons.<ref name=Chase2017 />
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Ping-pong diplomacy]]: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. [[table tennis]] team for a week-long visit.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Yinqueshan Han Tombs|Tombs]] containing [[Yinqueshan Han Slips|bamboo slips]], among them [[Sun Tzu]]'s ''[[The Art of War|Art of War]]'' and [[Sun Bin]]'s lost [[Sun Bin's Art of War|military treatise]], are discovered by construction workers in [[Shandong]].
*  1972   &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: For the first time since November [[1967]], American [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 bombers]] reportedly begin bombing [[North Vietnam]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Invicta International Airlines Flight 435]] crashes in a snowstorm on approach to [[Basel]], Switzerland, killing 108 people.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak|Red River Valley tornado outbreak]]: A tornado lands in [[Wichita Falls, Texas]] killing 42 people.
*[[1981]] – Imprisoned [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] hunger striker [[Bobby Sands]] was [[April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|elected]] to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-04-10 |title=1981: Hunger striker elected MP |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/10/newsid_2453000/2453183.stm |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Ojhri Camp]] explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.
*[[1991]] &ndash; Italian ferry {{ship|MS|Moby Prince||6}} collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off [[Livorno]], Italy, killing 140.
*  1991   &ndash; A [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone|rare]] [[tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] develops in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]] near [[Angola]]; the first to be documented by [[weather satellite|satellites]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[Good Friday Agreement]] is signed in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the Good Friday Agreement? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/good-friday-agreement-northern-ireland-protocol-b2100417.html |website=The Independent |access-date=13 August 2022 |language=en |date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[President of Fiji]] [[Ratu]] [[Josefa Iloilo]] announces the abrogation of the [[1997 Constitution of Fiji|constitution]] and assumes all governance in the country, creating a [[2009 Fijian constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Polish Air Force]] [[Tu-154]]M [[Smolensk air disaster|crashes]] near [[Smolensk]], Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President [[Lech Kaczyński]], his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Paravur temple accident]] in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for [[Vishu]], kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of [[Bhadrakali]] worship.
*  2016   &ndash; An [[2016 Afghanistan earthquake|earthquake of 6.6 magnitude]] strikes 39&nbsp;km west-southwest of [[Ashkasham]], impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
*[[2019]] &ndash; Scientists from the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] project announce the first ever image of a [[black hole]], which was located in the centre of the [[Messier 87|M87]] galaxy.
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Louisville bank shooting|A mass shooting]] occurs at the [[Old National Bank]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9612695/louisville-shooting-police-investigation/|title=Louisville shooting: At least 6 dead, including suspect, at downtown bank - National &#124; Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}</ref>