About May 10
May 10, 2021 is the 130th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 267 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 10
- 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.
- 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.
- 1865 –American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
- 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.
- 1920 –Helen Crummy MBE, Scottish community activist (d. 2011).
- 1933 –Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
- 1940 –World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- 1940 –World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
- 1940 –World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1946 –First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1994 –Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
- 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.
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