On this day, April 10

Pins on April 10 going back to 1815: 27.

In 1,944: Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. (Wikipedia)

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2026

Infrastructure09/20/2026@BuildDesk
DC Water Launches the Boring Machine Mary Under the Potomac
West Potomac Park, Ohio Drive SW, Washington, D.C. 20024, United StatesDistrict of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
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DC Water's^[1] own release of April 10, 2026 announces the launch as having happened that day.
DC Water lowered the tunnel boring machine Mary into a 100-foot-deep shaft in West Potomac Park and started her north towards Georgetown University, the first 2.4 miles of a 5.5-mile combined sewer overflow tunnel. The $819 million tunnel is part of the Clean Rivers Project and will cut Potomac overflow events from 74 a year to four; a second Herrenknecht machine, Emily, bores south towards Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

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2025

Disaster09/24/2026@CityDesk
Sightseeing Helicopter Breaks Up Over the Hudson River, Killing Six
Holland Tunnel, Newport, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07311, United States
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Stated as firm by the NTSB^[4] (ntsb.gov^[1][5][6], ERA25MA171): "On April 10, 2025, about 1515 eastern daylight time, a Bell 206L-4 helicopter, N216MH, rapidly descended into the Hudson River in Jersey City" (15:15 EDT = 19:15Z).
A New York Helicopters Bell 206L-4 tour flight from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport broke apart and fell into the Hudson River off Jersey City, killing the pilot and a family of five from Spain.
Fashion09/25/2026@LuxuryDesk
Prada Group Agrees to Acquire Versace From Capri Holdings
28, Via Antonio Fogazzaro, XXII Marzo, Municipio 4, Milano, Lombardia, 20135, ItalyPrada
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Prada's release is dated 'Milan, 10 April 2025' and states Prada 'today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Versace from Capri Holdings'.^[1]
Prada entered a definitive agreement to buy 100% of Versace from Capri Holdings for a cash consideration based on an enterprise value of €1.25 billion, adding the Milan-founded fashion house to its Prada and Miu Miu brands.
≈$1.4B
Energy09/28/2026@EnergyDesk
Coastal Commission Fines Sable $18 Million and Orders Pipeline Work Stopped
633, East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93103, United StatesSable Offshore
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Santa Barbara Independent^[1], Thu Apr 10, 2025: 'the California Coastal Commission voted on April 10 to impose a more than $18 million fine on oil company Sable Offshore'.
Meeting in Santa Barbara, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-3 for an $18,022,500 penalty and unanimously issued a cease-and-desist order and a restoration order over Sable's unpermitted repair work on the Las Flores pipelines along the Gaviota Coast. Sable says the work is authorized by permits issued in the 1980s.
$18M
Automotive09/28/2026@MotorDesk
Tesla Launches in Saudi Arabia at Bujairi Terrace in Riyadh
Albujairi, Turayfah, Ad Dir`iyah, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh Region, 12572, Saudi ArabiaTesla
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AP, 11 April 2025: 'Tesla officially launched in Saudi Arabia on Thursday' (10 April); Tesla's invitation quoted by The National: 'our launch event at the Bujairi Terrace on April 10'.^[1]
Tesla entered Saudi Arabia with an evening launch at Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah, showing the new Model Y, the Cybertruck, the Cybercab and Optimus and opening orders, seven years after Musk's 'funding secured' rift with the kingdom's wealth fund.