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May 10, 1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants) May 10, 1996 "Twister" premieres May 10, 1996 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games May 10, 1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins May 10, 1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein May 10, 1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident May 10, 1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per May 10, 1994 Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years May 10, 1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31) May 10, 1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president May 10, 1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists May 10, 1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145 May 10, 1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman May 10, 1993 Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in New York City May 10, 1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol May 10, 1992 "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances May 10, 1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel May 10, 1992 Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic May 10, 1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt May 10, 1990 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 45 performances May 10, 1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph May 10, 1990 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella May 10, 1989 FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II May 10, 1989 Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin May 10, 1988 Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000 May 10, 1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic May 10, 1986 "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on U.K. pop chart May 10, 1986 Tommy Lee, drummer of Motley Crue, marries Heather Locklear May 10, 1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB May 10, 1984 International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua May 10, 1983 "Laverne and Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV May 10, 1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul May 10, 1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead May 10, 1982 WABC New York City plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine) May 10, 1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network May 10, 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament May 10, 1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France May 10, 1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits San Francisco Giants, 4-0 May 10, 1980 "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 17 performances May 10, 1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing May 10, 1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros May 10, 1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2] May 10, 1978 "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances May 10, 1978 Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I May 10, 1975 Brian Oldfield of U.S. put shot 75', an unofficial record May 10, 1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1 May 10, 1973 27th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 May 10, 1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4 May 10, 1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania May 10, 1973 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 May 10, 1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 May 10, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 10, 1971 U.S. special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents May 10, 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open May 10, 1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5 May 10, 1970 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games May 10, 1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space May 10, 1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times May 10, 1969 U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill May 10, 1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam May 10, 1967 Foundation Arizona soccer team forms in Alkmaar May 10, 1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning) May 10, 1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges May 10, 1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia May 10, 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 10, 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational May 10, 1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison May 10, 1961 "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London May 10, 1960 John F. Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia May 10, 1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water May 10, 1959 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational May 10, 1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released and charged with loss 2 months after his retirement May 10, 1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon May 10, 1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow May 10, 1956 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria May 10, 1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, California (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting May 10, 1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris May 10, 1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open May 10, 1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting May 10, 1952 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 4 performances May 10, 1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council May 10, 1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel May 10, 1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague May 10, 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater New York City after 69 performances May 10, 1947 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59 May 10, 1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam May 10, 1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy May 10, 1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese May 10, 1945 Russian troops occupied Prague May 10, 1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan May 10, 1944 Smith vs. Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal May 10, 1941 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8 May 10, 1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland May 10, 1941 England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz May 10, 1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason May 10, 1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms May 10, 1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks May 10, 1940 Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege May 10, 1940 French marines stationed on Aruba May 10, 1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands May 10, 1940 Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM May 10, 1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam May 10, 1937 Busmen strike in London May 10, 1936 Manuel Azana elected president of Spain May 10, 1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt May 10, 1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms May 10, 1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany May 10, 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia May 10, 1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands May 10, 1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem May 10, 1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France May 10, 1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey May 10, 1930 Adler Planetarium, 1st U.S. planetarium, opens in Chicago May 10, 1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs. Yorkshire at Sheffield May 10, 1929 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr. Freeland wins in 2:01.6 May 10, 1929 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane May 10, 1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming May 10, 1926 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8 May 10, 1924 J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI May 10, 1922 Dr. Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar May 10, 1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions May 10, 1921 Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore," premieres May 10, 1919 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8 May 10, 1919 Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed May 10, 1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor May 10, 1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks May 10, 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota May 10, 1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam May 10, 1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea May 10, 1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8 May 10, 1913 Yanks commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings May 10, 1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England) May 10, 1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4 May 10, 1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass May 10, 1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning May 10, 1908 1st Mother's Day observed May 10, 1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris May 10, 1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time May 10, 1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75 May 10, 1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39 May 10, 1893 Imperial Institute in London opens May 10, 1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17 May 10, 1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation May 10, 1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria May 10, 1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa May 10, 1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia May 10, 1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for U.S. president May 10, 1871 German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas May 10, 1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany May 10, 1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch May 10, 1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR May 10, 1865 Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia May 10, 1865 Surrender of Sam Jones May 10, 1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia May 10, 1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia May 10, 1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend) May 10, 1861 Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri May 10, 1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut May 10, 1857 Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi May 10, 1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed) May 10, 1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft. Snelling May 10, 1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor May 10, 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched May 10, 1796 French government arrest 10 utopists May 10, 1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge May 10, 1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam May 10, 1787 Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings May 10, 1775 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pennsylvania issues paper currency for 1st time May 10, 1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander May 10, 1775 Green Mountain Boys capture Ft. Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution May 10, 1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France May 10, 1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod May 10, 1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia government begins May 10, 1655 Jamaica captured by English May 10, 1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va May 10, 1624 Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist May 10, 1570 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant May 10, 1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary May 10, 1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland May 10, 1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague May 10, 1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands May 10, 1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World May 10, 1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland May 10, 1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I May 10, 1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining May 10, 1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb |
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