WillDekkard
05-10-2010, 02:42 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- May 10th
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* 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens an full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
* 1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
* 1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cαdiz for his first voyage to the New World.
* 1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
* 1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
* 1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
* 1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
* 1774 Louis XVI becomes King of France.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is captured by a small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the 13 colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
* 1796 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
* 1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
* 1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
* 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.
* 1837 Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
* 1857 Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
* 1863 Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops during the American Civil War.
* 1864 American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is wounded slightly but immediately is promoted to Brigadier general.
* 1865 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
* 1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
* 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.
* 1877 Romania declares itself independent from Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. This act is recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
* 1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
* 1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
* 1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
* 1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
* 1933 Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
* 1940 World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
* 1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
* 1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* 1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
* 1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
* 1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany.
* 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
* 1946 First successful launch of a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
* 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
* 1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
* 1969 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
* 1979 The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
* 1981 Franηois Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French 5th republic.
* 1993 In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers.
* 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
* 1996 A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.
* 2001 In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
* 2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
* 2003 The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
* 2005 A hand grenade which is thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
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- May 10th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens an full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
* 1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
* 1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cαdiz for his first voyage to the New World.
* 1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
* 1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
* 1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
* 1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
* 1774 Louis XVI becomes King of France.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is captured by a small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the 13 colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
* 1796 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
* 1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
* 1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
* 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.
* 1837 Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
* 1857 Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
* 1863 Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops during the American Civil War.
* 1864 American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is wounded slightly but immediately is promoted to Brigadier general.
* 1865 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
* 1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
* 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.
* 1877 Romania declares itself independent from Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. This act is recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
* 1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
* 1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
* 1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
* 1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
* 1933 Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
* 1940 World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
* 1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
* 1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* 1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
* 1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
* 1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany.
* 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
* 1946 First successful launch of a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
* 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
* 1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
* 1969 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
* 1979 The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
* 1981 Franηois Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French 5th republic.
* 1993 In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers.
* 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
* 1996 A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.
* 2001 In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
* 2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
* 2003 The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
* 2005 A hand grenade which is thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
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