Tuesday 10 May 1960

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

Famous Birthdays:

• Bono (U2)
• Merlene Ottey: Jamaican / Italian running star (Olympics).
• Bon Bono: Musician.
• Victoria Rowell in Portland: Maine, USA; actress (Dr Amanda Bentley - Diagnosis Murder, Drucilla - The Young and the Restless).
• Bono : Irish singer with group U2 and social activist, raising millions of dollars as well as awareness of the poverty, famine and need for medical care that exists in many countries.

• Dean Heller: American lawyer and politician 15th Secretary of State of Nevada.

Famous Deaths:

• Juri Olescha: Writer, dies at 61.
• Yury Olesha: Russian author and playwright (d. 1960).

Facts:

• John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
• US atomic submarine USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water.
• USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
• The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.