April 10 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 10
In the headlines today:

2007	Neil Aspinall, former schoolmate and road manager of The Beatles, leaves his post as CEO of Apple Corps, according to a company statement.
2007		The $2.3 million Tennessee home of late country music star Johnny Cash is destroyed by fire. (photo credit: Sony)
2000	MASH* actor Larry Linville dies in New York at age 60.
1981	NASA scrubs the first launch of the space shuttle Columbia.
1972	Seventy nations, including the US and USSR, sign a treaty banning the use of biological weapons.
1970		Paul McCartney officially resigns from The Beatles, ending the reign of the Fab Four. (photo credit: EMI)
1963	129 sailors drown when the nuclear-powered sub, USS Thresher, settles to the sea floor off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
1956		Leo Fender receives a US patent for his tremolo guitar tailpiece (as used on his Fender Stratocaster electric guitar). The innovative 'Strat' would be favored by such music superstars as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Robin Trower, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Holly, Eric Johnson, and John Mayer. (photo credit: Musician's Friend)
1925	F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, is published.
1916	The first Professional Golfers Association (PGA) tournament is held (Bronxville, NY).
1912	The cruise liner RMS Titanic leaves Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage.
1872	Arbor Day is first observed (Nebraska).
1866	The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is chartered.
1849	Walter Hunt receives a US patent for his safety pin.
1841	Horace Greely starts the New York Tribune.
1606	Sir Walter Raleigh sells his interest in the Jamestown (Virginia) colony.