May 10
Guide Note
This page provides a timeline of notable events that occurred on this day in history.
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May 10 History Information
- Wikipedia: May 10 Entry
- Library of Congress: May 10 in History
- The New York Times: May 10 News Archive
- BBC News: May 10 British News Archive
- CBC News: May 10 Canadian News Archive
- YouTube Video: Associated Press: May 10 History (Time 1:28)
May 10 2006 - 2008
- 2008: Pangea Day is celebrated in Major cities around the world and online
May 10 2000 - 2005
- 2005: While in Tbilisi, Georgia American president George W. Bush survives an assassination attempt after a grenade thrown at him fails to detonate
May 10 1990 - 1999
- 1994: At the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela becomes the first black President of South Africa
- 1994: Notorious Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy is executed by Lethal Injection in Illinois
May 10 1980 - 1989
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May 10 1970 - 1979
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May 10 1960 - 1969
May 10 1950 - 1959
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May 10 1940 - 1949
- 1941: Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland on a Peace mission, he is treated as a Prisoner of War and jailed for life
May 10 1930 - 1939
- 1933: After taking power in Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis burn all books that contain "un-German" ideas
May 10 1910 - 1919
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May 10 1900 - 1910
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May 10 1850 - 1899
- 1893: Tomatoes are ruled by the The U.S. Supreme Court as Vegetables and not Fruit after the ruling of Nix v. Hedden
- 1869: The first American trans-continental railroad is completed in Promontory, Utah