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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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