Historical Events on April 10.

1.  1875, 10th April: Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj.

2.  1889, 10th April: Ram Chandra Chatterjee became the first Indian to fly in a hot balloon.

3.  1912, 10th April: The first and last voyage of the Titanic sailed from the port of Southampton, England.

4.  1955, 10th April: Johann Salk successfully tested the first polio vaccine.

5.  1973, 10th April: Pakistan repealed the old constitution.

6.  1982, 10th April: Successful launch of India’s multi-purpose satellite INSAT-1A.

7.  2008, 10th April: The Supreme Court declared constitutional 27% reservations for students of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in central educational institutions and educational institutions aided by the central government.

8.  2019, 10th April: Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first-ever image of a black hole, located in the center of the M87 galaxy.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 10.

1.  1755: Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician.

2.  1894: Ghanshyam Das Birla, a pioneering Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family.

3.  1901: D. R. Gadgil, an Indian economist, institution builder, and the vice-chairman of the Planning Commission of India.

4.  1927: M. K. Vainu Bappu, an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union.

5.  1932: Kishori Amonkar, a leading Indian classical vocalist.

6.  1952: Narayan Rane, an Indian politician.

7.  1964: Sanjeev Kapoor, an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and television personality.

8.  1975: Terence Lewis, an Indian dancer, and choreographer.

9.  1982: Haleem Khan, an Indian Kuchipudi dancer, performer, and movie actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 10.

1.  1931: Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist.

2.  1949: Birbal Sahni, an Indian paleobotanist.

3.  1965: Panjabrao Deshmukh, a social activist and a leader to farmers in India. He was the first Minister of Agriculture of India.

4.  1995: Morarji Desai, an Indian independence activist and the 4th Prime Minister of India.

5.  1999: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, an Indian novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature.

6.  2008: Shomu Mukherjee, an Indian director, writer, and producer.

7.  2015: Richard Benaud, an Australian cricketer and a highly regarded commentator on the game.