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Events from History on May 10

1267 : Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 : Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 : Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1427 : Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1497 : Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
1503 : Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1525 : Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 : French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1559 : Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
1570 : Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
1624 : Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
1652 : John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1655 : Jamaica captured by English
1676 : Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins
1752 : Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1774 : Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
1775 : 2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
1775 : 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
1775 : Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution
1787 : Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
1796 : French govt arrest 10 utopists
1796 : Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1796 : Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
1797 : 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched
1816 : English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1823 : 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling
1849 : Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1857 : Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
1857 : Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
1861 : Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
1862 : Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
1864 : Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1864 : Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
1865 : Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
1865 : Surrender of Sam Jones
1869 : Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR
1870 : Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
1870 : Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe
1871 : German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas
1871 : Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
1872 : Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president
1876 : Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
1879 : Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
1880 : General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1881 : Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
1893 : Imperial Institute in London opens
1906 : Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
1907 : Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
1908 : 1st Mother's Day observed (Phila)
1909 : Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
1910 : 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 : Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1913 : Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
1915 : Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
1916 : Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
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 : Race riot in Charleston SC, 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
1924 : J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
1928 : WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1929 : 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
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 NJ
1932 : Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth 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 banish to Netherlands
1936 : Manuel Aza¤a elected president of Spain
1936 : Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
1937 : Busmen strike in London
1938 : Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
1940 : British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 : Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1940 : Dutch-Indies Gov 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 : Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
1941 : Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 : England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
1941 : Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
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 : Russian troops occupied Prague
1946 : Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 : Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
1947 : "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 perfs
1948 : 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1948 : Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1950 : 1st Neth-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
1956 : French govt 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
1957 : Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1959 : Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1959 : Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
1960 : US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st around world under water trip
1960 : USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
1961 : "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London
1963 : Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1967 : Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
1967 : Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 : Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
1967 : Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 : Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
1969 : Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 : Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 : US troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
1971 : US special delivery rates go from 45› to 60›
1972 : Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 : 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
1973 : Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
1975 : Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
1978 : "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
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
1979 : 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 : Fran‡ois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for Pres of France
1981 : Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
1982 : WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
1982 : WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1983 : "Laverne & Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
1983 : Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
1983 : Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 : Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1985 : Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1986 : Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cre marries Heather Locklear
1988 : Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
1989 : Gen Manuel Noriega's govt nullifies country's elections, which the
1989 : opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1990 : "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
1990 : French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 : Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1991 : Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
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 : Paul C‚zannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1993 : Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1994 : "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
1994 : Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
1994 : Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
1994 : Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
1994 : Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian govt with 5 neo-fascists
1995 : 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
1995 : Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 : In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 : "Twister" premieres
1997 : Chic Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)

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