What Happened on April 4, 2010

Historical Events

Africa's tallest monument, the African Renaissance Monument, dedicated outside Dakar, Senegal, designed by Pierre Goudiaby to commemorate Senegal's 50th anniversary of independence

Golf Major

Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins her 2nd major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Suzann Pettersen of Norway

Famous Deaths

Alec Bedser (1918-2010)

English cricket medium-pace bowler (51 Tests, 236 wickets, BB 7/44; Surrey CCC), dies at 91

Clifford M. Hardin, American politician (17th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture), dies at 94
Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch writer and literary (Leopold the Buch), dies at 81