10-04-2025
Today in History: April 10, Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement
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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, Mass., killing all 129 aboard.
In 1971, the US 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 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.
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.
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