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April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 265 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
30. Events. 1606 - The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. 1790 - United States Patent system established. 1816 - The U.S. government approved the creation of a Second Bank of the United States.
1973 – In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of a black hole (depicted), located at the center of the galaxy M87.
1945 ( MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
April 30, 1924 (Wednesday) An outbreak of tornadoes killed 111 people across in five states in the southern U.S, [132] with 76 deaths in South Carolina, primarily in a storm that swept through Richland County Sumter County. Another 16 died in Georgia and 13 in Alabama.
April 19 is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
April 12, 1945 (Thursday) U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had an intracerebral hemorrhage, collapsed and died while sitting for a portrait painting by Elizabeth Shoumatoff at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. The painting is known as the Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.