What are the important events that happened on May 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 10 is the 131st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 27, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,715,299,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontahenagon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 264 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,158 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 10 Historical Events
- 1497 –Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
- 1849 –Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
- 1941 –World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
- 1960 –The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
- 1993 –In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- 1994 –Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
- 1997 –The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world’s largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
- 2008 –An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
- 2008 –War in Darfur: The Justice and Equality Movement and Sudanese government forces clash in Omdurman and Khartoum, the first time the fighting takes place in the nation’s capital.
Who were born on May 10?
- 1756 –Singu Min, King of Burma (d. 1782)
- 1874 –Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
- 1909 –Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
- 1938 –Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis champion
- 1942 –Jim Calhoun, American college basketball coach
- 1962 –Brad Soderberg, American college basketball head coach
- 1967 –Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
- 1970 –Dallas Roberts, American actor
- 1992 –Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
- 1993 –Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
Who died on May 10?
- 1863 –Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, American Confederate general (b. 1824)
- 1904 –Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
- 1955 –Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b. 1881)
- 1974 –Hal Mohr, American cinematographer, husband of Evelyn Venable (b. 1894)
- 1977 –Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1997 –Joan Weston, American Roller Derby (b. 1935)
- 2002 –Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
- 2002 –Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (b. 1948)
- 2006 –A. M. Rosenthal, American newspaper editor (b. 1922)
- 2010 –Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
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