Historical Events
- 1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World (disputed)
- 1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time
- 1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)
- 1857 Indian mutiny against rule by the British East India Company begins with the revolt of the Sepoy soldiers in Meerut
- 1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
- 1960 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe
- 1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
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May 10 in Film & TV
- 1956 9th Cannes Film Festival: "The Silent World" directed by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle wins the Palme d'Or
May 10 in Music
- 1963 Decca Records sign The Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison [1]
May 10 in Sport
Did You Know?
Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US presidency by Equal Rights Party at Apollo Hall, NYC
On May 10, 1872
John Wilkes Booth
Alfred Jodl
Fred Astaire
Maybelle Carter
Sid Vicious
BonoWould You Believe?
In an interview with the 'Belfast Telegraph' former Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill states: "if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house, they will live like Protestants, ... They will refuse to have 18 children"
On May 10, 1969
Famous Weddings
- 1927 American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) weds for second time, to American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (31); divorce in 1940
- 1959 British stage actress and singer Julie Andrews (23) weds British theatrical set designer Tony Walton (24) in Weybridge, Surrey, England; divorce in 1968
- 1976 "KISS" former lead guitarist Ace Frehley (25) weds Janette Trerotola
Famous Divorces
- 1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
More Weddings & Divorces
Paul Revere
Stonewall Jackson
Henry Morton Stanley
Tommy Burns
Joan Crawford
John Wayne GacyArticles, Photos and Quiz
The Indian Mutiny
Mutineers are executed by the Bengal Horse Artillery, in a painting by Orlando Noire
May 10, 1857
The Golden Spike
The 1st Transcontinental Railroad is finished at last!
May 10, 1869
One-Man Mission of Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on this day planning to negotiate peace with the British – without the knowledge or approval of his boss, Adolf Hitler.
May 10, 1941
Boulder Glacier Melting
Boulder Glacier in Montana as it appeared in 1932 (left) and 2005 (right)
May 10, 2017Weekly Quiz for May 6-12
Test your knowledge of historical events in our multi-choice weekly history quiz for May 6-12. Number 8 will leave you truly stumped then amazed!
Weekly Quiz for May 4 -10
Who was Mongol ruler Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan? What was the UK code-breaking center during World War II? Which country 1st legalized a birth control pill?
