NOW for your THIS DAY IN HISTORY REPORT

05/10/0238 - Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
05/10/0995 - Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
05/10/1267 - Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
05/10/1278 - Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
05/10/1291 - Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
05/10/1427 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
05/10/1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
05/10/1503 - Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
05/10/1525 - Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
05/10/1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
05/10/1536 - Birth-Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
05/10/1559 - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
05/10/1566 - Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
05/10/1569 - Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
05/10/1570 - Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
05/10/1624 - Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
05/10/1637 - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
05/10/1652 - John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
05/10/1653 - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
05/10/1655 - Jamaica captured by English
05/10/1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins
05/10/1696 - Jean de La Bruy re, French author, dies at 50
05/10/1697 - Birth-Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
05/10/1705 - Birth-Gallus Zeiler, composer
05/10/1710 - Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
05/10/1724 - Birth-Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
05/10/1727 - Birth-Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
05/10/1730 - Birth-George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
05/10/1741 - Birth-Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
05/10/1752 - Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
05/10/1754 - Birth-Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
05/10/1760 - Birth-Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
05/10/1760 - Birth-J P Hebel, writer
05/10/1760 - Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77
05/10/1764 - Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
05/10/1769 - Birth-Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
05/10/1770 - Birth-Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
05/10/1770 - Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
05/10/1774 - Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64
05/10/1774 - Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
05/10/1775 - 2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
05/10/1775 - 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
05/10/1775 - Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution
05/10/1776 - Birth-George Thomas Smart, composer
05/10/1780 - Birth-Peter Lichtenthal, composer
05/10/1783 - Birth-Niccola Benvenuti, composer
05/10/1784 - Antoine Court de G’belin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56
05/10/1785 - Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
05/10/1787 - Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
05/10/1788 - Birth-Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
05/10/1789 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72
05/10/1794 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30
05/10/1795 - Birth-Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
05/10/1796 - French govt arrest 10 utopists
05/10/1796 - Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
05/10/1796 - Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
05/10/1797 - 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched
05/10/1798 - George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
05/10/1800 - Birth-Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
05/10/1810 - Birth-James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
05/10/1813 - Birth-Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
05/10/1816 - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
05/10/1818 - Paul Revere, American patriot, dies
05/10/1820 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
05/10/1822 - Birth-August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
05/10/1823 - 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling
05/10/1823 - Birth-John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
05/10/1824 - Birth-Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
05/10/1825 - Birth-Rudolf Viole, composer
05/10/1826 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
05/10/1829 - Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
05/10/1830 - Birth-Franýois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
05/10/1833 - Franýois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74
05/10/1837 - Birth-Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
05/10/1838 - Birth-James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
05/10/1843 - Birth-Benito P’rez Gald¢s, Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Naz arin)
05/10/1843 - Birth-Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
05/10/1849 - Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89
05/10/1849 - Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
05/10/1850 - Birth-Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
05/10/1855 - Birth-Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]
05/10/1857 - Birth-Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
05/10/1857 - Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
05/10/1857 - Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
05/10/1858 - Birth-Frederick Zech Jr, composer
05/10/1859 - Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
05/10/1861 - Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
05/10/1862 - Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
05/10/1863 - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Conf general (Civil War), dies
05/10/1864 - Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
05/10/1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34
05/10/1864 - Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
05/10/1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27
05/10/1865 - Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
05/10/1865 - Surrender of Sam Jones
05/10/1867 - Birth-Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896 1905)
05/10/1869 - Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66
05/10/1869 - Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut Transcontinental RR
05/10/1869 - Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer, dies at 66
05/10/1870 - Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
05/10/1871 - German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas
05/10/1871 - Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
05/10/1872 - Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president
05/10/1873 - Birth-Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
05/10/1873 - Birth-Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
05/10/1876 - Birth-Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
05/10/1876 - Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
05/10/1877 - Birth-Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
05/10/1878 - Birth-Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
05/10/1879 - Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
05/10/1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
05/10/1880 - John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
05/10/1881 - Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
05/10/1882 - Birth-Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
05/10/1885 - Birth-Fritz v Unruh, writer
05/10/1885 - Birth-Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], VA, actress (High Stakes)
05/10/1885 - Birth-Marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)
05/10/1885 - Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
05/10/1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73
05/10/1886 - Birth-Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
05/10/1886 - Birth-Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
05/10/1887 - Birth-Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
05/10/1888 - Birth-Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
05/10/1889 - 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17«
05/10/1893 - 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39¬
05/10/1893 - Imperial Institute in London opens
05/10/1894 - Birth-Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
05/10/1897 - Birth-Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923)
05/10/1897 - Birth-Ewart Levy
05/10/1897 - William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
05/10/1898 - Birth-Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
05/10/1898 - Birth-Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
05/10/1899 - Birth-Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
05/10/1901 - Birth-Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
05/10/1902 - Birth-David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind)
05/10/1902 - Birth-Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
05/10/1903 - Birth-Kay Petre, early racing driver
05/10/1904 - Birth-David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
05/10/1904 - Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
05/10/1905 - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
05/10/1905 - Birth-Angus Paton, civil engineer
05/10/1906 - Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
05/10/1907 - Birth-Harilaos Perpessas, composer
05/10/1907 - Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
05/10/1908 - 1st Mother's Day observed (Phila)
05/10/1908 - Birth-Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
05/10/1908 - Birth-Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
05/10/1909 - Birth-Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
05/10/1909 - Birth-Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
05/10/1909 - Birth-Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
05/10/1909 - Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies
05/10/1909 - Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
05/10/1910 - 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
05/10/1910 - 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
05/10/1910 - Birth-Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
05/10/1910 - Birth-Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
05/10/1910 - Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
05/10/1910 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, dies at 85
05/10/1910 - William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
05/10/1912 - Birth-Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
05/10/1912 - Birth-Erik Jorgensen, composer
05/10/1912 - Birth-Harold Myers, film journalist
05/10/1913 - 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
05/10/1913 - Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
05/10/1914 - Birth-Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
05/10/1914 - Birth-Lord Smith, British surgeon
05/10/1915 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
05/10/1915 - Birth-Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
05/10/1915 - Birth-Christian Beyers Naud’, South African anti-apartheid fighter
05/10/1915 - Birth-Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
05/10/1915 - Birth-Duke of Sutherland
05/10/1915 - Birth-Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
05/10/1915 - Birth-Salah Abou Seif, director
05/10/1915 - Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
05/10/1916 - Birth-Milton Babbitt, US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament)
05/10/1916 - Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
05/10/1916 - Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
05/10/1917 - Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
05/10/1918 - Birth-Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
05/10/1918 - Birth-T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
05/10/1918 - HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
05/10/1919 - 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8
05/10/1919 - Birth-Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
05/10/1919 - Birth-Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
05/10/1919 - Birth-Tibor Sarai, composer
05/10/1919 - Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
05/10/1920 - Birth-Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
05/10/1920 - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
05/10/1921 - Birth-Bert Weedon, rocker
05/10/1921 - Birth-Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
05/10/1921 - Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore," premieres
05/10/1922 - Birth-David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
05/10/1922 - Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
05/10/1922 - WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
05/10/1923 - Birth-John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
05/10/1923 - Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
05/10/1924 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
05/10/1924 - J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
05/10/1925 - Birth-Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
05/10/1926 - 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
05/10/1926 - Birth-Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
05/10/1928 - WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
05/10/1929 - 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
05/10/1929 - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
05/10/1929 - Birth-Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
05/10/1929 - Birth-Fats Domino, rocker (Blueberry Hill)
05/10/1929 - Birth-Marquess of Downshire
05/10/1930 - 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
05/10/1930 - Birth-June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
05/10/1930 - Birth-Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
05/10/1930 - Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield
05/10/1931 - Birth-Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
05/10/1931 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
05/10/1932 - Birth-Earl of Rothes
05/10/1932 - Birth-Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
05/10/1932 - Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem
05/10/1932 - Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France
05/10/1933 - Birth-Barbara Taylor Bradford, author
05/10/1933 - Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
05/10/1933 - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
05/10/1933 - Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
05/10/1933 - Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
05/10/1934 - Birth-Cliff Wilson, snooker player
05/10/1934 - Birth-William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi millionaire
05/10/1935 - Birth-Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
05/10/1935 - Birth-Larry Williams, rocker
05/10/1936 - Birth-Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
05/10/1936 - Birth-Gary Owens, Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
05/10/1936 - Birth-Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
05/10/1936 - Birth-Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
05/10/1936 - Manuel Aza¤a elected president of Spain
05/10/1936 - Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
05/10/1937 - Birth-Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
05/10/1937 - Birth-Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
05/10/1937 - Birth-Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
05/10/1937 - Busmen strike in London
05/10/1937 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in W ste), dies
05/10/1938 - Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
05/10/1938 - Birth-Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
05/10/1938 - Birth-Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
05/10/1938 - Birth-Merritt Ranew, baseball player
05/10/1938 - Birth-Michael Shea, director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press sect
05/10/1938 - Birth-Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
05/10/1938 - Birth-Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
05/10/1938 - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
05/10/1940 - Birth-Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
05/10/1940 - Birth-Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
05/10/1940 - Birth-William Cash, MP
05/10/1940 - British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
05/10/1940 - Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
05/10/1940 - Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
05/10/1940 - Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56
05/10/1940 - French marines stationed on Aruba
05/10/1940 - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
05/10/1940 - Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
05/10/1940 - Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
05/10/1941 - 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8
05/10/1941 - Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
05/10/1941 - Birth-Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
05/10/1941 - Birth-Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
05/10/1941 - Birth-Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
05/10/1941 - England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
05/10/1941 - Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
05/10/1942 - Birth-Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
05/10/1942 - Birth-Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
05/10/1942 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
05/10/1943 - Andr’ Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1943 - Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1943 - Birth-Bruce Raymond, jockey
05/10/1943 - Birth-Donovan, [Leitch], Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow)
05/10/1943 - Birth-James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
05/10/1943 - Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1944 - Birth-Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
05/10/1944 - Birth-Anne-Marie Pisier
05/10/1944 - Birth-Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
05/10/1944 - Birth-Jim Abrahams, Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
05/10/1944 - Birth-Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
05/10/1944 - Birth-Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
05/10/1944 - Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
05/10/1944 - Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
05/10/1945 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
05/10/1945 - Birth-Justice Laws
05/10/1945 - Birth-Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
05/10/1945 - Russian troops occupied Prague
05/10/1946 - Birth-Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
05/10/1946 - Birth-Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
05/10/1946 - Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
05/10/1946 - Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
05/10/1947 - "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 perfs
05/10/1947 - 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
05/10/1947 - Birth-Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
05/10/1947 - Birth-Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
05/10/1947 - Birth-Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
05/10/1947 - Birth-Paul Nicholas Young, architect
05/10/1948 - 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
05/10/1948 - Birth-Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
05/10/1948 - Winston Churchill visits The Hague
05/10/1950 - 1st Neth-US telex sent
05/10/1950 - John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
05/10/1951 - Birth-Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
05/10/1951 - Birth-Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
05/10/1951 - Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
05/10/1952 - "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
05/10/1952 - Birth-Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
05/10/1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
05/10/1953 - Birth-Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Mothers of Invention-200 Motels, Retaliation)
05/10/1953 - Birth-Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
05/10/1953 - Birth-Lawrence Lau, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
05/10/1953 - Birth-Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
05/10/1953 - KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
05/10/1954 - Birth-Jeff Apple, Miami Florida, producer (In the Line of Fire)
05/10/1954 - Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
05/10/1954 - George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
05/10/1955 - Birth-Bruce Hartzler, Wash DC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
05/10/1955 - Birth-Chris Berman, sportscaster (ESPN)
05/10/1955 - Birth-Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons)
05/10/1955 - Birth-Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
05/10/1956 - French govt sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
05/10/1956 - KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
05/10/1957 - 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
05/10/1957 - Birth-Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly gold/silver-80, 84)
05/10/1957 - Birth-Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], England, bassist (Sex Pistols)
05/10/1957 - Birth-Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
05/10/1957 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
05/10/1958 - Birth-Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
05/10/1958 - Birth-Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
05/10/1958 - Birth-Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
05/10/1958 - Birth-Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
05/10/1959 - Birth-Dan Schayes, NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
05/10/1959 - Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
05/10/1959 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational
05/10/1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
05/10/1960 - Birth-Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2 Joshua Tree)
05/10/1960 - Birth-Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
05/10/1960 - Birth-Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off spinner of 80's)
05/10/1960 - Birth-Victoria Rowell, Portland ME, actress (Drucilla Young & Restless)
05/10/1960 - John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
05/10/1960 - Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61
05/10/1960 - US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st around world under water trip
05/10/1960 - USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
05/10/1961 - "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London
05/10/1961 - Birth-Blyth Tait, England, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
05/10/1961 - Birth-Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
05/10/1961 - Birth-Teri Copley, Arcadia Calif, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
05/10/1962 - Birth-Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
05/10/1962 - Birth-Joey Meyer, baseball player
05/10/1962 - Birth-Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
05/10/1963 - Birth-Lisa M Nowak, Wash DC, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
05/10/1963 - Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
05/10/1964 - Birth-Dean Spriddle, Plymouth Engld, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
05/10/1964 - Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
05/10/1964 - Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66
05/10/1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
05/10/1965 - Birth-Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics 96)
05/10/1965 - Birth-Linda Evangelista, St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
05/10/1965 - Birth-Mike Butcher, baseball player
05/10/1965 - Birth-Rony Seikaly, NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
05/10/1965 - Birth-Todd Kalis, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
05/10/1965 - Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
05/10/1966 - 25øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
05/10/1966 - Birth-Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics gold/silver-92, 96)
05/10/1966 - Birth-Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
05/10/1967 - Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
05/10/1967 - Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
05/10/1967 - Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
05/10/1967 - Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
05/10/1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
05/10/1968 - Birth-Julie Smith, Glendora Calif, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
05/10/1968 - Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
05/10/1968 - Philippa Bevans, dies at 55
05/10/1968 - Scotty Beckett, dies at 38
05/10/1968 - Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
05/10/1969 - Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
05/10/1969 - Birth-Curtis Whitley, NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
05/10/1969 - Birth-Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax)
05/10/1969 - Birth-Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
05/10/1969 - Birth-Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
05/10/1969 - Birth-Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
05/10/1969 - Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
05/10/1969 - US troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
05/10/1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
05/10/1970 - Birth-Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
05/10/1970 - Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
05/10/1970 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
05/10/1971 - Birth-Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
05/10/1971 - Birth-Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
05/10/1971 - Birth-Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles, NY Jets)
05/10/1971 - Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
05/10/1971 - Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
05/10/1971 - US special delivery rates go from 45ð to 60ð
05/10/1972 - Birth-Akili Johnson, NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
05/10/1972 - Birth-Emma Ridley, Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
05/10/1972 - Birth-Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
05/10/1972 - Birth-Stuart Carlisle, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
05/10/1972 - Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
05/10/1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
05/10/1973 - 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
05/10/1973 - 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
05/10/1973 - Birth-Jerome Williams, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
05/10/1973 - Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
05/10/1973 - Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
05/10/1973 - Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51
05/10/1973 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
05/10/1974 - 7th ABA championship: NY Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
05/10/1974 - Birth-Grant Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
05/10/1974 - Birth-Janet Reasons, Port Orchard Washington, Miss America-Washington (1997)
05/10/1975 - Birth-Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
05/10/1975 - Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
05/10/1976 - George Curzon, dies at 77
05/10/1977 - Birth-Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
05/10/1977 - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69
05/10/1978 - "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
05/10/1978 - Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I
05/10/1979 - Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
05/10/1979 - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies
05/10/1979 - John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
05/10/1979 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man), dies at 67
05/10/1979 - Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
05/10/1980 - "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
05/10/1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
05/10/1981 - Franýois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for Pres of France
05/10/1981 - Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
05/10/1982 - Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
05/10/1982 - Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65
05/10/1982 - WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
05/10/1982 - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
05/10/1983 - "Laverne & Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
05/10/1983 - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
05/10/1983 - Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
05/10/1983 - Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
05/10/1984 - Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
05/10/1984 - Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
05/10/1984 - Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
05/10/1985 - Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
05/10/1986 - "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
05/10/1986 - Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cr e marries Heather Locklear
05/10/1987 - Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
05/10/1988 - Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
05/10/1989 - FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II
05/10/1989 - Gen Manuel Noriega's govt nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
05/10/1990 - "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
05/10/1990 - French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
05/10/1990 - Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
05/10/1990 - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61
05/10/1990 - Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
05/10/1991 - Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies
05/10/1991 - Birth-Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe
05/10/1991 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
05/10/1992 - "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
05/10/1992 - Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
05/10/1992 - Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
05/10/1992 - Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
05/10/1992 - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
05/10/1992 - Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies
05/10/1992 - Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
05/10/1993 - Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
05/10/1993 - Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
05/10/1993 - Paul C’zannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
05/10/1993 - Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
05/10/1994 - "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
05/10/1994 - Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
05/10/1994 - Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
05/10/1994 - John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52
05/10/1994 - Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69
05/10/1994 - Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
05/10/1994 - Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81
05/10/1994 - Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian govt with 5 neo-fascists
05/10/1995 - 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
05/10/1995 - Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
05/10/1995 - Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92
05/10/1995 - Hilde Jarecki, educationist, dies at 83
05/10/1995 - In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
05/10/1995 - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67
05/10/1996 - "Twister" premieres
05/10/1996 - 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
05/10/1997 - Chic Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
05/10/1997 - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61
05/10/1998 - wins Sara Lee Golf Classic