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What happened in history on this day: May 10?
On May 10 in ...
- 1776 - First issue of $1 notes, authorized by the Continental Congress.
- 1797 - First US Navy ship, the United States is launched.
- 1823 - First steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling.
- 1837 - Panic of 1837 begins, as US banks in New York refuse to pay out gold and silver in exchange for deposit notes; beginning of economic depression.
- 1849 - Riot destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed).
- 1861 - US troops march on state militia in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1862 - Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend).
- 1862 - Norfolk, Virginia is captured by US forces. Merrimack commander Josiah Tatnall has ship set afire to destroy it.
- 1863 - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA General, dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
- 1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 34.
- 1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, USA Brigadier-General, dies at about age 27.
- 1864 - Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Ny River, Virginia.
- 1865 - Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis is captured by USA Cavalry in Irwinsville, Georgia.
- 1869 - The final railroad spike is driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, completing the US Transcontinental Railroad.
- 1876 - The US Centennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park.
- 1908 - First official Mother's Day service is held, at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, organized by Anna Jarvis.
- 1916 - Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota.
- 1919 - Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; two blacks killed.
- 1924 - J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI.
- 1930 - First US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago).
- 1931 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey, USA.
- 1944 - US court case Smith v Allwright: excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal.
- 1945 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese.
- 1945 - A fleet of 334 American B-29 bombers are sent from the Marianas to destroy the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Japan. About 100,000 are killed and 1 million left homeless. Most deadly single air raid in history.
- 1950 - First Netherlands-US telex is sent.
- 1960 - US atomic submarine USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water.
- 1967 - Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, France, between the US and North Vietnam.
- 1969 - Apollo 10 transmits first color pictures of Earth from space.
- 1969 - US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill, Vietnam.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
- 1993 - Paul Cézanne's still life painting sells for US$28.6 million in New York City.
- 1995 - 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins.
- 1996 - Two US Marine helicopters collide during joint US and British war games.
- 2002 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- 2019 - The United States' 25 percent tariff hike on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports takes effect.
Births on May 10
- 1813 - Birth of Montgomery Blair in Franklin County, Kentucky, USA; lawyer (Dred Scot versus Sandford).
- 1823 - Birth of John Sherman in Lancaster, Ohio, USA; canal engineer, lawyer, Representative (Ohio, 1854-61), US Senator (Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97), Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, US Treasury Secretary (1877-81), Secretary of State (1897-98) (dies 1900).
- 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).
- 1898 - Birth of Herbert Elwell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; composer (Happy Hypocrite).
- 1899 - Birth of Fred Astaire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime).
- 1902 - Birth of David O Selznick in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; producer (Gone With the Wind).
- 1909 - Birth of Maybelle Carter in Nickelsville, Virginia, USA; country singer (Johnny Cash Show).
- 1914 - Birth of Charles McGraw in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family).
- 1916 - Birth of Milton Babbitt; US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Rhoda, McMillan and Wife).
- 1936 - Birth of Gary Owens in Mitchell, South Dakota, USA; disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show).
- 1941 - Birth of Danny Rapp in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (Danny and Juniors).
- 1944 - Birth of Jim Abrahams in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA; director (Hot Shots, Top Secret).
- 1947 - Birth of Jay Ferguson in Burbank, California, USA; rocker (Spirit - "I Got A Line on You").
- 1948 - Birth of Meg Foster in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Sunshine, Cagney and Lacey).
- 1954 - Birth of Jeff Apple in Miami, Florida, USA; producer (In the Line of Fire).
- 1955 - Birth of Bruce Hartzler in Washington, DC, USA; canoe (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1957 - Birth of Phil Mahre in Yakima, Washington, USA; twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-gold/silver-1980, 1984).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Mahre in Yakima, Washington, USA; twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-silver-1980, 1984).
- 1958 - Birth of Ellen Ochoa in Los Angeles, California, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 56, 66).
- 1958 - Birth of Rick Santorum; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania).
- 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).
- 1962 - Birth of Robby Thompson in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants).
- 1963 - Birth of Lisa M Nowak in Washington, DC; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut.
- 1965 - Birth of Jim Schreiner in Kailua, Hawaii, USA; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Julie Smith in Glendora, California, USA; softball infielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Judson Mills in Purcellville, Virginia, USA; actor (Hutch - As the World Turns).
- 1969 - Birth of Pete Schourek in Austin, Texas, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1974 - Birth of Janet Reasons in Port Orchard, Washington, USA; Miss America-Washington (1997).
- 1977 - Birth of Amanda Borden in Cincinnati, Ohio; gymnast (World-silver-1994, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1978 - Birth of Kenan Thompson; American actor (Saturday Night Live).
Deaths on May 10
- 1818 - Death of Paul Revere in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; American patriot, silversmith, engraver.
- 1863 - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA General, dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
- 1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 34.
- 1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, USA Brigadier-General, dies at about age 27.
- 1881 - Death of American bank note engraver Joseph Ourdan.
- 1950 - John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies.
- 1985 - Death of Chester Gould, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), at age 84 (born 1900).
- 1994 - Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy (age 52) by lethal injection for the murder of 33 young men and boys.
- 1997 - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at age 61.
- 2015 - Death of Chris Burden, American artist (born 1946).
- 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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