April 10

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	837	Halley's Comet and Earth experienced their closest approach to one another when their separating distance equalled 0.0342 AU (3.2 million miles).	My Morning Jacket	Come Closer	My Morning Jacket / Songs: Ohia Split
2	1858	The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recast into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.	Michael Jackson	Ben	Ben
3	1874	The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.	Beachwood Sparks	Once We Were Trees	Once We Were Trees
4	1912	The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.	David Bowie	Fantastic Voyage	Lodger
5	1925	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.	Stone Temple Pilots	Daisy	Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
6	1953	Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.	Haymarket Riot	Wax!	Bloodshot Eyes
7	1971	Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.	Stereolab	Ping Pong	Mars Audiac Quintet
8	1991	A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.	The Olivia Tremor Control	Tropical Bells	Dusk at Cubist Castle

(Historical facts about April 10 are from Wikipedia.)