May 10
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May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 213 – Claudius II, Roman Emperor (d. 270)
- 1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
- 1548 - Antonio Priuli, Doge (ruler) of Venice (d. 1623)
- 1604 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
- 1641 – Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)
- 1697 - Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
- 1714 - Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
- 1727 - Anne-Robert-Jacques, Baron de Laune, French statesman (d. 1781)
- 1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician, physicist and chemist (d. 1818)
- 1755 – Robert Gray, American sea captain (d. 1806)
- 1756 – Singu Min, King of Burma (d. 1782)
- 1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1782)
- 1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French army officer and composer (d. 1836)
- 1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general (d. 1823)
- 1775 - Antoine Charles Louise Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
- 1788 - Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
- 1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
- 1812 - William Henry Barlow, British railway engineer (d. 1902)
- 1813 - Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883)
- 1823 - John Sherman, American politician (d. 1900)
- 1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor who killed Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
- 1840 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1868)
- 1848 - Thomas Lipton, Scottish merchant and yachtsman (d. 1931)
- 1855 – Sri Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru (d. 1936)
- 1874 - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
- 1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)
- 1878 – Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
- 1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (d. 1968)
- 1886 - Olaf Stapledon, English author and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
- 1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
- 1894 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-born film composer and conductor (d. 1979)
- 1895 – Kama Chinen, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2010)
- 1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)
- 1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987).
- 1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Ernst Ising, German mathematician (d. 1998)
- 1902 – David O. Selznick, American movie producer (d. 1965)
- 1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician (d. 2000)
- 1909 – Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
- 1912 – Olga Bancic, Romanian resistance activist (d. 1944)
- 1915 – Monica Dickens, English writer (d. 1992)
- 1915 – Denis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
- 1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Nestor Rossi, Argentine footballer (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
- 1928 – Arnold Ruutel, former President of Estonia
- 1929 – Antonine Maillet, French-Canadian novelist and playwright
- 1930 - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster (d. 2013)
- 1930 - George E. Smith, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- 1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer
- 1935 - Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (d. 1980)
- 1936 – Gary Owens, American announcer and voice artist
- 1937 - Tamara Press, Soviet-Ukrainian athlete
- 1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
- 1942 - Jim Calhoun, American basketball player
- 1944 – Jim Abrahams, American film producer and screenwriter
- 1946 – Donovan, Scottish musician
- 1946 – Dave Mason, English musician
- 1946 – Maureen Lipman, English actress
- 1946 - Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
- 1950 - Natalya Bondarchuk, Russian actress and movie director
- 1952 – Manuel Mora Morales, Spanish director and writer
- 1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
- 1952 - Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1953 – Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Mike Hagerty, American actor
- 1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer of John Lennon
- 1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
- 1957 – Sid Vicious, English musician (d. 1979)
- 1958 – Rick Santorum, American politician
- 1960 – Bono (Paul Hewson), Irish singer, lead vocalist of U2
- 1960 - Dean Heller, United States Senator from Nevada
- 1963 – Lisa Nowak, American astronaut
- 1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel
- 1966 – Jonathan Edwards, British athlete
- 1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
- 1967 – Young MC, American rapper
- 1967 - Jon Ronson, English journalist and author
- 1968 – Al Murray, British comedian
- 1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
- 1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan pianist
- 1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
- 1971 - Monisha Kaltenborn, Austrian Formula One team principal
- 1972 – Christian Woerns, German footballer
- 1974 – Silvain Wiltord, French footballer
- 1976 – Rachel Gordon, Australian actress
- 1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
- 1977 – Nick Heidfeld, German racing driver
- 1980 – Namitha Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
- 1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
- 1983 - Natalia Zabala, Spanish model
- 1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
- 1989 - Lindsey Shaw, American actress
- 1990 – Lauren Potter, American actress
- 1992 - Charice, Filipino singer
- 1993 – Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
- 1995 - Missy Franklin, American swimmer
Deaths [change]
- 1034 – Mieszko II, King of Poland (b. 990)
- 1290 – Duke Rudolph II of Austria
- 1424 – Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
- 1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
- 1521 - Sebastian Brant, German humanist (b. 1457)
- 1657 – Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
- 1696 – Jean de La Bruyere, French writer (b. 1645)
- 1717 – John Hathorne, magistrate (b. 1641)
- 1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)
- 1774 – King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
- 1775 - Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Queen Consort of Denmark-Norway (b. 1751)
- 1787 – William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)
- 1794 - Princess Elisabeth of France (executed) (b. 1764)
- 1798 – George Vancouver, English naval officer and explorer (b. 1757)
- 1807 - Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)
- 1818 – Paul Revere, engraver, American patriot (b. 1735)
- 1829 – Thomas Young, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphics
- 1863 – Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general (b. 1824)
- 1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
- 1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
- 1904 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh explorer (b. 1841)
- 1944 – Olga Bancic, Romanian resistance activist (b. 1912)
- 1955 – Tommy Burns, Canadian World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (b. 1881)
- 1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver (b. 1935)
- 1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1904)
- 1982 – Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916)
- 1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Woody Shaw, American jazz musician, composer and bandleader (b. 1944)
- 1990 – Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916)
- 1992 – Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (b. 1917)
- 1994 – John Wayne Gacy, serial killer (executed) (b. 1942)
- 1999 – Shel Silverstein, poet, composer (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Lynda Lyon Block, American murderer (b. 1948)
- 2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
- 2005 – David Wayne, singer for the heavy metal group Metal Church (b. 1958)
- 2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer and musician (b. 1969)
- 2010 – Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Gunnar Sonsteby, Norwegian resistance activist (b. 1918)
- 2012 - Carroll Shelby, American racing driver and auto designer (b. 1923)
Events [change]
- 70 - Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
- 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King Edward I of England.
- 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
- 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there.
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
- 1612 – Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan marries Arjumand Banu Begum, who receives the name Mumtaz Mahal.
- 1655 - England annexes Jamaica from Spain.
- 1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- 1774 – Louis XVI becomes King of France.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is taken by a small force led by Colonel Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the 13 colonies of the United States meet in Philadelphia and raise the Continental Army to defend the new republic. They place it under command of Cavalier George Washington of Virginia.
- 1796 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the River Adda in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
- 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States.
- 1824 - The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
- 1837 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
- 1849 - The Astor Place riot occurs in Manhattan after a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing over 25 people.
- 1857 – Indian Mutiny: In India, the Sepoys revolt against the British Army.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Confederate general Stonewall Jackson dies of his injuries after the previous week's Battle of Chancellorsville.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania.
- 1865 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
- 1865 – American Civil War: Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill in Kentucky (he lingered until his death on June 6).
- 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah).
- 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- 1877 – Romania declares itself independent from Turkey, recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian independence war.
- 1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time (Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, United States).
- 1922 - The United States takes control of the Kingman Reef.
- 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remained so until his death in 1972.
- 1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
- 1940 – World War II: The first German bombs were dropped on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
- 1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- 1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1940 – World War II: UK forces land in Iceland.
- 1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
- 1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
- 1946 - First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- 1954 – Bill Haley and the Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the charts.
- 1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
- 1962 - Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
- 1969 – The first rural outdoor rock concert at Zap, North Dakota, is ended prematurely as North Dakota National Guard is ordered to disperse the unruly crowd.
- 1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
- 1981 – François Mitterrand takes office as the first Socialist President of France.
- 1988 – Michel Rocard becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1993 – Kyrgyzstan replaces the ruble with the som as its national currency.
- 1994 – The U.S. state of Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
- 1994 – Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa.
- 1994 – An annular eclipse of the sun is visible across much of North America.
- 1996 – A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.
- 1997 – An earthquake near Ardekul in northeastern Iran kills at least 2,400 people.
- 1998 – National elections are held in Hungary.
- 2001 – In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
- 2002 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- 2002 – Lynda Lyon Block is executed in Yellow Mama, the electric chair of Alabama.
- 2003 – May 2003 tornado outbreak ends.
- 2005 – A live hand grenade lands about 100 feet from US President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
- 2005 – Designed by Peter Eisenman, a memorial to Jews killed in the Holocaust is unveiled in Berlin.
Observances [change]
- Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)
- Constitution Day (Federated States of Micronesia)
- Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)
- Western Christianity: Earliest day on which Pentecost can fall
