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What Happened on May 10th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened jointly by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.
2017	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.[53][54]
2013	One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
2012	The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.
2005	A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2002	FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
1997	The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
1996	A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
1994	Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1993	In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
1975	Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
1969	Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1967	The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
1962	Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
1961	Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78.
1946	First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1942	World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1941	World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1941	World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
1940	World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
1940	World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.[34] Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
1933	Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1924	J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
1922	The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
1916	Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
1908	Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1904	The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
1899	Finnish farmworker Karl Emil Malmelin kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of Klaukkala.[25]
1881	Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
1876	The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
1872	Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1869	The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
1865	American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1849	Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 22 and injuring over 120.
1837	Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
1833	A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet.
1824	The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1801	First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1796	War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1775	American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
1775	American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
1774	Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
1773	The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
1768	Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
1688	King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
1534	Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
1503	Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1497	Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1294	Temür, Khagan of the Mongols, is enthroned as Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
1291	Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
28	A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

Famous People Born on May 10

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Year	Name
1895	Joe Murphy (Irish republican) Irish Hunger Striker (d. 1920)
1878	Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
1920	Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
1843	Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)
1903	Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)
1983	Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
1930	George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1955	Mark David Chapman, American murderer
1963	Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
1876	Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)

Famous People Deaths On May 10

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 10. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1865	William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (b. 1782)[202][203]
2012	Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
1566	Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (b. 1501)
2000	Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
1641	Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)
1521	Sebastian Brant, German author (b. 1457)
1964	Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
1863	Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
1977	Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
1982	Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)