What happened in history on this day: May 10?
On May 10 in ...
- 1959 - NBC airs the last Omnibus TV show.
- 1983 - ABC airs the last episode of Laverne and Shirley.
- 1996 - Warner Bros. releases the film Twister to theaters.
Births on May 10
- 1882 - Birth of Thurston Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Roaming Lady, In Society).
- 1885 - Birth of Mae Murray in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (High Stakes).
- 1885 - Birth of Marie Benavente AKA Maria Wissink; actress (Scapegoat).
- 1888 - Birth of Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria; composer (Gone With the Wind).
- 1899 - Birth of Fred Astaire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime).
- 1914 - Birth of Charles McGraw in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Rhoda, McMillan and Wife).
- 1932 - Birth of Francoise Fabian in Hussein Dey, Algeria; actress (Happy New Year).
- 1940 - Birth of Taurean Blacque; actor (Neal Washington - Hill Street Blues).
- 1944 - Birth of Marie-France Pisier in Daclat, Vietnam; actress (Scruples, Midnight).
- 1946 - Birth of Maureen Lipman; actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks).
- 1948 - Birth of Meg Foster in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Sunshine, Cagney and Lacey).
- 1953 - Birth of Lawrence Lau; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1955 - Birth of Chris Berman; sportscaster (ESPN).
- 1955 - Birth of Laurence Lau; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1960 - Birth of Victoria Rowell in Portland, Maine, USA; actress (Dr Amanda Bentley - Diagnosis Murder, Drucilla - The Young and the Restless).
- 1961 - Birth of Teri Copley in Arcadia, California, USA; actress (Mickey - We've Got it Made).
- 1969 - Birth of Judson Mills in Purcellville, Virginia, USA; actor (Hutch - As the World Turns).
- 1972 - Birth of Emma Ridley in Hanpstead, England; actress (Return to Oz).
- 1978 - Birth of Kenan Thompson; American actor (Saturday Night Live).
Deaths on May 10
- 1977 - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at age 69.
- 1984 - Robert Moore, actor (Marshall - Diana), dies at age 56.
- 1990 - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at age 61.
- 1992 - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 81.
- 2000 - Death of Craig Stevens AKA Gail Shikles Junior at age 81 of cancer; actor (Peter Gunn, Dallas (1978), Man of the World (1962)).
- 2023 - Death of Jacklyn Zeman at age 70 of cancer in Thousand Oaks, California, USA; actor (Bobbie Spencer - General Hospital TV show).
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