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April 10: US table tennis team arrives in China for ‘ping pong diplomacy’
Today is Friday April 10, the 100th day of 2026. There are 265 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 10, 1971, the U.S. table tennis team arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that became known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
Also on this date:
In 1815, Indonesia’s Mount Tambora exploded in the largest known volcanic eruption in 1,000 years, an eruption that changed global weather. About 92,000 people are believed to have died, including 82,000 who died from starvation and disease, and 10,000 who died from its direct impact.
In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in New York by Henry Bergh.
In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its fateful maiden voyage.
In 1919, Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata was assassinated by forces loyal to President Venustiano Carranza.
In 1963, the nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank during deep diving tests east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, killing all 129 on board.
In 1998, peace talks in Northern Ireland concluded when negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a milestone to end thirty years of bitter rivalry and bloody attacks.
In 2010, a plane crashed as it approached Russia’s Smolensk airport in dense fog, killing Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 other government and armed forces members, as well as many prominent Poles.
In 2019, scientists published the first ever image of a black hole, revealing a fiery, doughnut-shaped object in a galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth.
In 2023, a Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace, killing five people as he livestreamed the attack on Instagram. Police arrived as shots were still being fired at the Old National Bank and killed the gunman in an exchange of gunfire.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Labor leader-activist Dolores Huerta is 96.
- Football Hall of Famer Mel Blount is 78.
- Author Anne Lamott is 72.
- Singer-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is 67.
- Musician Brian Setzer is 67.
- Singer Kenny Lattimore is 56.
- Rapper-producer Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) is 56.
- Singer Shemekia Copeland is 47.
- Actor Charlie Hunnam is 46.
- Actor-singer Mandy Moore is 42.
- Actor Haley Joel Osment is 38.
- Country singer Maren Morris is 36.
- Actor-singer AJ Michalka (mish-AL’-kah) is 35.
- Actor Daisy Ridley is 34.
- Singer-actor Sofia Carson is 33.
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