On this day - April 10

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how a council brought in almost £20,000 in littering and dog mess charges in the previous year.

South Wales Argus:

Five years ago today we reported how plans for a £1 billion scheme to build 4,000 new homes at the former Llanwern steel works was back on track.

The stories from history on this day - April 10

217: Roman emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) was assassinated.

1838: Brunel's 236ft steamship Great Western left Bristol for New York on her maiden voyage.

1908: Liberal Herbert Henry Asquith became Prime Minister.

1925: The Australian government and the British Colonial Office offered low-interest loans to enable Britons to emigrate to Australia.

1950: Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky died in London.

1967: Bare-foot Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK with Puppet On A String.

1973: Death of Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor who pioneered Cubism, aged 91.

1986: Clint Eastwood was elected Mayor of Carmel in California.

2005: More than four million people attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

2013: Former prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 87 following a stroke.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Tributes to Peaches Geldof began to pour in after news of her death emerged.