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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
- 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.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1941 –World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
- 1942 –World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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