How Many Days Until April 10?

This day in history: April 10

1. 1944

   The Holocaust: Slovak Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz, later publishing a report that became one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the camp's mass killings.

2. 1963

   The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.

3. 1970

   In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.

4. 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.

5. 1992

   First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.

6. 2009

   Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced that he had suspended the constitution and assumed all governance in the country after it was ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal.

7. 2019

   Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.

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