Historical Events on May 10

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• 1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
• 1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining

• 1427 Jews are expelled from Bern, Switzerland

• 1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague

• 1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen mother Mary
• 1570 Tsar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
• 1624 Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
• 1652 John Johnson, a free African American, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Virginia
• 1655 Jamaica captured by the English
• 1676 Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government

• 1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time

• 1775 American Revolution: Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga, New York
• 1787 British Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal
• 1796 French government arrest 10 utopists

• 1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
• 1797 1st US Navy ship, the "United States," is launched
• 1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)

• 1816 British steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
• 1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling
• 1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall
• 1837 Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
• 1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)

• 1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, Missouri


• 1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee
• 1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• 1864 Skirmish at Ny River, Virginia

• 1865 Major General Sam Jones, the Confederate military leader in Florida, South Carolina and South Georgia, surrenders to Union forces

• 1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
• 1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany ends Franco-Prussian war

• 1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
• 1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
• 1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
• 1883 First appendectomy performed in North America by Abraham Groves in Canada
• 1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
• 1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
• 1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
• 1902 Portugal goes bankrupt, but its parliament passes a bill converting its external debt. Contributing to Portugal's troubles is recent revolt in its colony of Angola, put down 6 September
• 1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
• 1906 Russian Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
• 1906 Italian King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss President Ludwig Forrer open Simplon tunnel
• 1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris
• 1908 1st Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
• 1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
• 1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
• 1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
• 1910 Halley's Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
• 1910 The British House of Commons pass three major resolutions on political reform
• 1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
• 1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
• 1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

• 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakolta
• 1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
• 1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
• 1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
• 1919 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8
• 1919 Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed
• 1921 Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore" premieres
• 1922 Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
• 1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
• 1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef in n the North Pacific Ocean

• 1925 To control demonstrations against foreigners, British troops in Shanghai fire into a crowd, leading to a boycott against British goods
• 1926 51st Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
• 1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
• 1929 54th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6

• 1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
• 1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield
• 1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey
• 1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" as the Netherlands' national anthem
• 1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France
• 1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
• 1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
• 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia


• 1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banished to Netherlands

• 1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
• 1937 Busmen strike in London
• 1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
• 1940 British Local Defence Volunteers forms (later renamed the Home Guard)
• 1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
• 1940 Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
• 1940 French marines stationed on Aruba
• 1940 French troops arrive in Zealand, Brabant Netherlands
• 1940 Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg

• 1940 World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent
• 1941 66th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown

• 1941 British House of Commons & Holborn Theatre damaged in an air raid
• 1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
• 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign
• 1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
• 1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
• 1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
• 1945 Soviet troops occupied Prague
• 1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
• 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances
• 1947 72nd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
• 1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
• 1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
• 1950 1st Netherlands-US telex sent
• 1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
• 1952 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances

• 1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1954 Bolshoi Ballet does not appear in Paris
• 1955 8th Cannes Film Festival: "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann wins Palme d'Or
• 1956 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
• 1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

• 1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon

• 1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
• 1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement

• 1960 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe
• 1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London

• 1966 25°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
• 1967 Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar

• 1967 Stockholm Vietnam Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam and Cambodia
• 1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US and North Vietnam
• 1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
• 1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937 ("Hamburger Hill"), Vietnam

• 1970 Atlanta Braves' Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5

• 1971 US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
• 1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
• 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site


• 1972 An Irish Republican Army bomb starts a fire that destroys the Belfast Co-operative store
• 1973 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
• 1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
• 1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
• 1973 Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Yvan Cournoyer has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 6-4 to take title, 4 games to 2

• 1974 7th ABA championship: NY Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
• 1975 Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
• 1978 "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 1978 22nd European Cup: Liverpool beats Club Brugge 1-0 at London
• 1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
• 1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
• 1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
• 1980 "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances

• 1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0

• 1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network

• 1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
• 1984 Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
• 1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
• 1986 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hits #1 on UK pop chart
• 1988 Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
• 1989 FC Barcelona of Spain win 29th European Cup Winner's Cup against Sampdoria of Italy 1-0 in Bern

• 1989 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 1
• 1990 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 performances
• 1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph

• 1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
• 1991 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Minnesota North Stars beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 1
• 1992 "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
• 1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok kills 145
• 1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman

• 1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol

• 1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per

• 1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists
• 1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire win
• 1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
• 1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
• 1995 Real Zaragoza of Spain win 35th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 2-1 in Paris

• 1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games

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