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
- 1534 –Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
- 1768 –John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1857 –Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
- 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 slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
- 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.
- 1920 –Helen Crummy MBE, Scottish community activist (d. 2011).
- 1922 –The United States annex the Kingman Reef.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1981 –François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
- 1993 –In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- 1994 –Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
- 2008 –An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
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