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 130th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 27, 2021 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,010,080 minutes 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 ‘hectatriacontagon’ day.
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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 267 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 3,062 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 10 Historical Events
- 70 –Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city’s Third Wall to the northwest.
- 1774 –Louis XVI becomes King of France.
- 1833 –The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet by Emperor Minh Mang provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
- 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.
- 1869 –The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
- 1920 –Helen Crummy MBE, Scottish community activist (d. 2011).
- 1940 –World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
- 1997 –A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran’s Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
- 2008 –An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
Who were born on May 10?
- 1775 –Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
- 1909 –Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
- 1931 –Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1936 –Gary Owens, American actor and announcer
- 1954 –F. Charles Brunicardi, American surgeon
- 1967 –Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
- 1967 –Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
- 1977 –Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian
- 1977 –Keith Murray, American singer (We Are Scientists)
- 1990 –Lauren Potter, American Actress
Who died on May 10?
- 1482 –Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
- 1521 –Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)
- 1717 –John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)
- 1774 –King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
- 1982 –Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916)
- 1990 –Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916)
- 1993 –Stephen Ross, English politician (b. 1926)
- 2001 –Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
- 2002 –Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (b. 1948)
- 2006 –A. M. Rosenthal, American newspaper editor (b. 1922)
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