May 10

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 10. From 1900 until now. May 10 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Bono (U2) (1960), Linda Evangelista (1965) and Sid Vicious (1957). Several movies were released around May 10 over the years, such as The Pianist in 2002 directed by Roman Polanski and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992 directed by Mansoor Khan.
But much more happened on May 10 over the years: find out below

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Saint Gordianus
Saint Isidore the Laborer
Saint John of Avila
Saint Job
Saint Quaratus and Quintus
Saint Peter Van
Saint William of Pontoise
Buddha's Birthday in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and South Korea.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Solange
The first possible day on which Pentecost may fall.
Akshaya Tritya in Hinduism.
Astronomy Day in the United States.
Birds' and Trees' Day in Hungary
Memorial Day of Blessed Damien of Moloka'i
Celebration of the Clandestine Retreat of Ma'at and Ra in Ancient Egypt.
Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Inauguration Day in South Africa.
Mania (mythology) in Ancient Rome.
The marriage of Shiva to Meenakshi in Madurai, India
Mother's Day in the United States, South America, India, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, and Qatar.
National Holiday of Israel
Confederate Memorial Day in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Parent's Day in South Korea.
Saint Epimachus
The Ploughing Ceremony in Thailand.
Tin Hau's Day in China.
Start of Tori no Mawari/Bird Week in Japan.
Tritopatores in Ancient Greece.
Saint Alphius
Saint Antoninus of Florence (died 1459)
Saint Aurelian
Saint Calepodius
Saint Cataldus
Saint Comgall
Saint Dioscorides
Native American Day among Indigenous North Americans.
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Events

2019 Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present): Four hostages, who were being held in northern Burkina Faso, are rescued by French naval commandos, with two French commandos killed during the rescue operation. Those freed include two Frenchmen who had been kidnapped in Benin on May 1 and a pair of women, one an American and the other a South Korean. (BBC)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: The Hamas-run Ministry of Health says that 2,064 unarmed protesters were shot with live gunshots, 1,094 suffered gas suffocation serious enough for hospitalization. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/11/c_137172334.htm (Xinhuanet)Senior Hamas member Yehiyeh Sinwar suggests that tens of thousands of Palestinian protestors may try to cross the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)
2017 Pope Francis intends to canonize two of the children who had visions at Fatima. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani, is rescued in a joint operation by U.S. and Afghan forces three years after he was kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
2015 Yemeni Civil War: Saudi-led airstrikes target the Sana'a home of former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Thomson Reuters Trust)The Yemeni Army accepts a five day truce offer from the Saudis. (Reuters via Daily Mail)
2014 The Independent Electoral Commission announces the results of the 2014 South African general election. (M&G)
2013 Bombs explode outside two police stations in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian uprising: Two large explosions occur in quick succession in the embattled Syrian capital Damascus, with dozens of people reportedly killed or injured. (Al Jazeera) (Al-Arabiya) (Reuters)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising:
2010 Iraqi insurgents kill 102 and injure over 200 people, mostly Iraqi civilians, in a series of suicide bombings from Mosul to Basra in Iraq, the highest number in one day this year, and jeopardizing a planned US withdrawal. (''The Times'')
2009 H1N1 influenza kills a third United States citizen and spreads to Australia and Japan. (Reuters)
2008 An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
2007 The United States House of Representatives passes a $96 billion war spending measure which sets benchmarks for achievements in the War in Iraq in return for funding. (CNN)
2006 China declassifies its rare diplomatic files from between 1956 and 1960, including records of the Sino-Soviet split. (Xinhua)
2005 Leaders in Indonesia visit Suharto, the nation's former president, who is hospitalized with what has been diagnosed as intestinal bleeding. (Yahoo)
2004 Turkey begins construction of a tunnel under the Bosporus. (Moscow Times)
2003 The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.
2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
1998 Wins Sara Lee Golf Classic
1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseball's 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants).
1996 Twister premieres
1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein.
1994 Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
1992 Hamlet closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1990 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1989 FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II.
1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
1983 Laverne & Shirley, last airs on ABC-TV
1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament.
1980 Happy New Year closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1978 Angel opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1.
1973 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2.
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
1971 US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1968 Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, France, between the US and North Vietnam.
1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
1963 Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of The Beatles' George Harrison.
1961 Beyond the Fringe, premieres in London
1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan.
1958 Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival António de Oliveira Salazar, Humberto Delgado utters one of the most famous comments in Portuguese political history: quotObviamente, demito-o! (Obviously, I'll sack him!)quot.
1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Shuffle Along closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
1950 1st Neth-US telex sent
1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1947 Chocolate Soldier closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances
1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy.
1945 Russian troops occupied Prague
1944 US court case Smith v Allwright: excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal.
1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1941 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8.
1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
1937 Busmen strike in London
1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt.
1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms.
1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem.
1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey, USA.
1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 versus Yorkshire in cricket at Sheffield.
1929 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane.
1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1926 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8.
1924 J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI.
1922 Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
1919 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8.
1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor.
1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale North Dakota.
1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea.
1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8.
1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4.
1908 First official Mother's Day service is held, at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, organized by Anna Jarvis.
1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75.
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