About May 10
May 10, 2025 is the 130th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Taurus is the sun 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 283 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 10
- 1503 –Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
- 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: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
- 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.
- 1857 –Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.
- 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.
- 1877 –Romania declares itself independent from the 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.
- 1920 –Helen Crummy MBE, Scottish community activist (d. 2011).
- 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.
- 1942 –World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
- 1946 –First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
- 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.
- 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.
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