Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2025. There are 265 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.
Also on this date:
In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in New York by Henry Bergh.
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In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its ill-fated 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 aboard.
In 1971, the U.S. table tennis team arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
In 2019, scientists released the first image ever made of a black hole, revealing a fiery, doughnut-shape object in a galaxy 55 million light-years from earth.
Today’s Birthdays:
Labor leader-activist Dolores Huerta is 95.
Football Hall of Famer Mel Blount is 77.
Author Anne Lamott is 71.
Actor Peter MacNicol is 71.
Singer-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is 66.
Musician Brian Setzer is 66.
Singer Kenny Lattimore is 55.
Rapper-producer Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) is 55.
Actor David Harbour is 50.
Singer Shemekia Copeland is 46.
Actor Charlie Hunnam is 45.
Actor-singer Mandy Moore is 41.
Actor Haley Joel Osment is 37.
Country musician Maren Morris is 35.
Actor-singer AJ Michalka (mish-AL’-kah) is 34.
Actor Daisy Ridley is 33.
Singer-actor Sofia Carson is 32.
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