THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2014. There are 265 days left in the year.

837 ― Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth

1516 ― First ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice

1849 ― Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York, N.Y.); sold rights for $100

1877 ― First human cannonball act performed in London

1913 ― Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings

1923 ― Hitler demands “hatred & more hatred" in Berlin

1925 ― F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes “The Great Gatsby”

1930 ― Synthetic rubber first produced

1972 ― U.S., USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons

1995 ― NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more