On This Day - May 10th 1774 – Louis XVI becomes King of France.
On This Day - May 10th 1801 – The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
On This Day - May 10th 1824 –The National Gallery in London opened to the public.
On This Day - May 10th 1863 – General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is hit by "friendly fire" during the American Civil War.
On This Day - May 10th 1865 – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
On This Day - May 10th 1865 – Confederate raider William Quantrill ambushed and mortally wounded in Kentucky.
On This Day - May 10th 1893 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit.
On This Day - May 10th 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On This Day - May 10th 1940 – The first bombs of World War II to fall on England hit Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
On This Day - May 10th 1940 – Germany invades France and the Low Countries.
On This Day - May 10th 1940 – Britain invades Iceland.
On This Day - May 10th 1940 – Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
On This Day - May 10th 1941 – Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try and negotiate a peace deal.
On This Day - May 10th 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock".
On This Day - May 10th 1981 – François Mitterrand becomes President of France.
On This Day - May 10th 1994 – Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president.
Today's Birthdays
Born On This Day - May 10th 1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1604 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and film star (d. 1987)
Born On This Day - May 10th 1946 – Today is the birthday of Donovan, Scottish musician.
Born On This Day - May 10th 1960 – Today is the birthday of Bono, Irish singer.
Born On This Day - May 10th 1965 – Today is the birthday of Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel.
Born On This Day - May 10th 1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer.
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