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What happend on 10. May in History
In our data base we found 369 events happened on 10. May:
• 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. [category: Events]
• 213: Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270) [category: Births]
• 1034: Mieszko II Lambert (b. 990) [category: Deaths]
• 1265: Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) [category: Births]
• 1290: Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271) [category: Deaths]
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• 1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. [category: Events]
• 1424: Emperor Go-Kameyama, of Japan [category: Deaths]
• 1482: Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397) [category: Deaths]
• 1493: Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician [category: Deaths]
• 1497: Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. [category: Events]
• 1503: Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there. [category: Events]
• 1521: Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) [category: Deaths]
• 1534: Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1566: Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (b. 1501) [category: Deaths]
• 1604: Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) [category: Births]
• 1641: Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1641: Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1655: England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1657: Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
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• 1692: Sarah Osborne, American woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials (b. circa 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1696: Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1714: Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1717: John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1726: Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1727: Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1733: Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702) [category: Deaths]
• 1746: Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1755: Robert Gray, American sea captain (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1756: Singu Min, Myanma king of Konbaung Dynasty (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1760: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French Army officer and composer (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1760: Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1768: John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London. [category: Events]
• 1770: Louis-Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1773: The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. [category: Events]
• 1774: King Louis XV of France (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France. [category: Events]
• 1775: Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French general (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1775: Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, queen consort of Denmark-Norway (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga. [category: Events]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. [category: Events]
• 1787: William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1788: Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1792: John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1798: George Vancouver, English navy officer and explorer (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America. [category: Events]
• 1807: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: E. Cobham Brewer, English writer and editor (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1812: William Henry Barlow, British railway engineer (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1813: Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1818: Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
• 1824: The National Gallery in London opens to the public. [category: Events]
• 1829: Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1837: Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. [category: Events]
• 1838: John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1840: Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1841: James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1843: Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1847: Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1850: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Yukteswar Giri, Vedic astrologer and educator (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1857: Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut. [category: Events]
• 1863: Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter, and composer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1863: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American Confederate general (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1866: Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1868: Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1868: Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1872: Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1872: Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1874: Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1877: Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1878: Gustav Stresemann, German politician and statesman, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1879: Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1886: Felix Manalo, Philippine founder and 1st executive minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1886: Karl Barth, Swiss theologian (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1886: Olaf Stapledon, English author and philosopher (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1888: Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1889: Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1889: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1891: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1894: Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1895: Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1897: Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1897: Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Ariel Durant, American historian (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1899: Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1899: Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1901: J.D. Bernal, English crystallographer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1902: Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian director (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1902: David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1903: Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and Nazi leader (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1904: Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1905: Sir Robert Madgwick, Australian educationist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1907: Freddie Spencer Chapman, English army officer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1908: Carl Albert, American politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1908: Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1909: Maybelle Carter, American musician (Carter Family) (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1911: Bel Kaufman, American author [category: Births]
• 1911: Roland Gladu, Canadian baseball player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1915: Denis Thatcher, English businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1915: Monica Dickens, English writer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1916: Milton Babbitt, American composer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1918: T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author [category: Births]
• 1920: Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Helen Crummy, Scottish activist (d. 2011). [category: Births]
• 1920: Jeff Cooper, American Marine, firearms instructor, and writer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Nancy Walker, American actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1922: The United States annex the Kingman Reef. [category: Events]
• 1923: Heydar Aliyev, Russian politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972. [category: Events]
• 1926: Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1927: Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author [category: Births]
• 1928: Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia [category: Births]
• 1929: Antonine Maillet, French-Canadian novelist and playwright [category: Births]
• 1930: George E. Smith, American applied physicist, Nobel Laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1930: Scott Muni, American disc jockey(d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1933: Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer [category: Births]
• 1933: Françoise Fabian, French actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings. [category: Events]
• 1934: Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Jeanine Basinger, American scholar [category: Births]
• 1935: Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer(d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1936: Gary Owens, American disc jockey and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1937: Jim Hickman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Tamara Press, Soviet athlete [category: Births]
• 1937: William Tedmarsh, English actor (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Dang Nhat Minh, Vietnamese director [category: Births]
• 1938: Henry Fambrough, American singer (The Spinners) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1938: Marina Vlady, French actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Wayne A. Downing, American army general (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1941: Danny Rapp, American singer and musician (Danny & the Juniors) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid. [category: Events]
• 1942: Carl Douglas, Jamaican-English singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Jim Calhoun, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1942: Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign. [category: Events]
• 1943: David Clennon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Darman, American economist [category: Births]
• 1944: Jim Abrahams, American director [category: Births]
• 1944: Marie-France Pisier, French actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1945: Konrad Henlein, German nazi politician (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and musician (Traffic) [category: Births]
• 1946: Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist [category: Births]
• 1946: Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Graham Gouldman, English musician and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, Wax) [category: Births]
• 1946: Maureen Lipman, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. [category: Events]
• 1947: Caroline Cooney, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Jay Ferguson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne) [category: Births]
• 1947: Thomas Tessier, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Meg Foster, American actress [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1950: Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer (Wizex, Chips, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta, and Kjell Roos Band) [category: Births]
• 1952: Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries) [category: Births]
• 1953: Jim Zorn, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1953: John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1953: Tito Santana, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: F. Charles Brunicardi, American physician [category: Births]
• 1954: Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. [category: Events]
• 1955: Chris Berman, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1955: John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Jonathan Roberts, American screenwriter, producer, and author [category: Births]
• 1956: Paige O'Hara, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1956: Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1956: Yves Jacques, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Michalis Karaolis, Greek-Cypriot government clerk and member of EOKA (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Sid Vicious, English singer and musician (The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vicious White Kids, The Flowers of Romance) (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1958: Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1958: Rick Santorum, American politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Danny Schayes, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Victoria Rowell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, philanthropist, and activist (U2) [category: Births]
• 1960: Dean Heller, American politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian track athlete [category: Births]
• 1960: Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. [category: Events]
• 1961: Candi Kubeck, American pilot of Valujet Flight 592 (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1961: Danny Carey, American drummer and songwriter (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus, Volto!, Green Jellÿ, and Zaum) [category: Births]
• 1961: Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Randy Cunneyworth, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Brad Soderberg, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Guy Hemmings, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1962: Robby Thompson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. [category: Events]
• 1963: A. Raja, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Lisa Nowak, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1963: Eugene Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Linda Evangelista, Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1965: Rony Seikaly, Lebanese basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Hubertus van Mook, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Jonathan Edwards, English athlete [category: Births]
• 1967: Jon Ronson, English journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1967: Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1967: Scott Brison, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1967: Young MC, American singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver, (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Al Murray, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1968: Ed Sanders, English actor and carpenter [category: Births]
• 1968: Erik Palladino, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Thomas Coville, French yacht racer [category: Births]
• 1968: William Regal, English wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Scotty Beckett, American actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: John Scalzi, American writer [category: Births]
• 1969: Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. [category: Events]
• 1970: Dallas Roberts, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: David Weir, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist [category: Births]
• 1970: Gina Philips, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Sally Phillips, English actress and comedienne [category: Births]
• 1971: Adriano Giannini, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Craig Mack, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1971: Leslie Stefanson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1972: Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Blackfield) [category: Births]
• 1973: Jerome Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player [category: Births]
• 1974: Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player [category: Births]
• 1974: Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Hal Mohr, American cinematographer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Andrea Anders, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer and comedian (Roo'ra) [category: Births]
• 1975: Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian musician (Röyksopp) [category: Births]
• 1975: Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1976: Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1976: Rachel Gordon, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Rob Malda, American writer and editor, founder of Slashdot [category: Births]
• 1976: Steve Howard, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Mogwai) [category: Births]
• 1976: Udo Mechels, Belgian singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Elias Aslaksen, Norwegian religious figure (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian [category: Births]
• 1977: Denise Ho, Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Keith Murray, American singer and musician (We Are Scientists) [category: Births]
• 1977: Nick Heidfeld, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpeter [category: Births]
• 1977: Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kenan Thompson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Hyori, South Korean singer, dancer, actress, and designer (Fin.K.L) [category: Births]
• 1979: The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing. [category: Events]
• 1980: Namitha Kapoor, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Samuel Dalembert, Haitian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic. [category: Events]
• 1982: Daniel Harris, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jeremy Gable, American playwright [category: Births]
• 1982: Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1983: Natalia Zabala, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2007 [category: Births]
• 1984: Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Kristyna Myles, English singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1985: Odette Annable, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Wilson Chandler, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Lindsey Shaw, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Woody Shaw, American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Josh Dugan, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1990: Karmen Pedaru, Estonian fashion model [category: Births]
• 1990: Lauren Potter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Susan Oliver, American actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Giorgos Machlelis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Charice, Filipino singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Zia Marquez, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Sylvia Syms, American singer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Halston Sage, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Mirai Shida, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Stephen Ross, English politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers. [category: Events]
• 1994: Ellen Allgurin, Swedish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and rapist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. [category: Events]
• 1995: Missy Franklin, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1996: Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1997: Joan Weston, American athlete (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1997: The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix. [category: Events]
• 1999: Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jules Deschênes, Canadian judge (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: John Cunniff, American ice hockey coach (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist, writer, and chess player (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church, Reverend, and Wayne) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A hand grenade 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. [category: Events]
• 2006: A. M. Rosenthal, American columnist and editor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Val Guest, English director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress (b. 1990) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100. [category: Events]
• 2010: Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Robert B. Salter, Canadian surgeon (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adam Christopher Mayes, American murder (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese musician (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and auto designer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Evelyn Johnson, American pilot (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gulumbu Yunupingu, Australian artist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian resistance movement member and author (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Günther Kaufmann, German actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Horst Faas, German photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize recipient (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joyce Redman, Irish-English actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pekka Marjamäki, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Walter Wink, American theologian (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others [category: Events]
• _: Alphius, Philadelphus, and Cyrinus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aurelian of Limoges [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Calepodius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catald [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Comgall [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Federated States of Micronesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Damien of Molokai (canonized October 11, 2009) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; celebrated seven weeks after Easter Day. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gordianus and Epimachus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Avila [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Solange [category: Holidays and observances]