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
- 1837 –Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
- 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.
- 1872 –Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- 1948 –The Republic of China implements “temporary provisions” granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
- 1993 –In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- 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.
- 2002 –F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- 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?
- 1604 –Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
- 1810 –Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, British lexicographer (d. 1897)
- 1872 –Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
- 1899 –Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
- 1905 –Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
- 1946 –Graham Gouldman, British musician and songwriter (10cc)
- 1974 –Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
- 1977 –Nick Heidfeld, German Formula One driver
- 1978 –Kenan Thompson, American actor
- 1987 –Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian footballer
Who died on May 10?
- 1290 –Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
- 1521 –Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)
- 1641 –Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
- 1733 –Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
- 1737 –Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)
- 1863 –Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, American Confederate general (b. 1824)
- 1937 –William Tedmarsh, English-born silent movie actor (b. 1876)
- 1982 –Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916)
- 2002 –Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
- 2005 –David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
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