Daily Calendar for Friday, April 10, 2026
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Friday, April 10, 2026
Born
- Joseph Pulitzer (newspaper publisher & founder of Pulitzer Prize) –
- Jack Miner (Canadian naturalist ) –
- Frances Perkins (first woman to hold a cabinet position in the U.S.) –
- Dolores Huerta (American civil rights activist) –
- Omar Sharif (actor) –
- Steven Seagal (actor and martial artist) –
- Mandy Moore (singer & actress) –
- Haley Joel Osment (actor) –
- AJ Michalka (actress) –
Died
- Marjorie Main (actress) –
- Natalie Schafer (actress) –
- Sam Kinison (comedian) –
- Dixie Carter (actress) –
Events
- Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt –
- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated –
- First Arbor Day celebration held in Nebraska –
- Trans-Canada Air Lines created by Parliament –
- Feature length, full color, 3-D movie premiered in NYC: House of Wax starring Vincent Price –
- Gidget premiered –
- A 5-pound white crappie was caught in the Bibb County pond in Georgia –
- The comic strip FoxTrot debuted –
- Charles Osgood became host of CBS’s Sunday Morning”“ –
- Danny Willett won the Masters golf tournament –
Weather
- Portland, Maine, had 15 inches of snow –
- Dust storms became severe in Kansas and Iowa, closing schools and highways –
- A 253 mph gust of wind was recorded on Barrow Island, Australia, during Cyclone Olivia. It was the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth. –