10 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 10, the day number in a year is 130 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 131. May 10 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
May 10 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 28 | The first recorded observation of a sunspot was made by HanDynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han. |
| 1503 | Christopher Columbus and his crew became the first Europeans tovisit the Cayman Islands, naming them Las Tortugas after the numeroussea turtles there. |
| 1503 | Italian explorer and sailor Columbus discovered the island of Kayman. |
| 1526 | Babur entered the erstwhile capital of India (Akbarabad Agra) after victory in the first battle of Panipat. |
| 1655 | In 1655 a British expedition under Admiral Sir William Penn and General Robert Venables captured Jamaica and began to expel the Spanish, a task which was completed within five years. |
| 1744 | Louis became 16th King of France after the death of Louis 15th. |
| 1752 | Benjamin Franklin investigated electric conductors with his kite-flying experiment. |
| 1768 | John Wilkes was imprisoned for writing an article for "The North Briton" in which King George III was severely criticized. This action led to riots in London. |
| 1774 | Louis XVI became King of France after the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. |
| 1775 | American Revolutionary War-Delegates from the ThirteenColonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to convene the SecondContinental Congress, which would serve as the de facto nationalgovernment of the future United States. |
| 1796 | Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Lodi Bridge. |
| 1801 | Pasca of Tripoli declared war on the United States after hanging on the consulate. |
| 1810 | Rev. Henry Duncan opened the world's first commercial savings bank in Ruthwell, Scotland. |
| 1823 | The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River came on fitting snowing. |
| 1824 | The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in theformer townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein. |
| 1833 | Lê Van Khôi broke out of prison to start a revolt againstVietnamese Emperor Minh M?ng, primarily to avenge the desecration ofthe grave of his adopted father Lê Van Duy?t, former viceroy of thesouthern part of Vietnam. |
| 1833 | The Le Van Khoi rebellion began against Emperor Minh and Vietnam. |
| 1837 | Banks in New York City suspended specie payments, triggering aseven-year recession in the United States. |
| 1837 | The Panic Battle of 1837) began in New York City. |
| 1849 | A personal dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and WilliamMacready in New York City devolved into a riot that left at least 25dead and more than 120 injured. |
| 1857 | The Sepoy Mutiny against the company rule by the British EastIndia Company began. |
| 1857 | The first battle of freedom struggle started from the cantonment of Meerut. |
| 1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian fighters started rebellion in Delhi from British East India Company. |
| 1869 | The Golden Spike Ceremony was held at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States between the Missouri and Sacramento Rivers. |
| 1872 | Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated as acandidate for President of the United States. |
| 1893 | The Imperial Institute opened in London. |
| 1908 | Mother’s Day was first celebrated on May 10, 1908 in Philadelphia, United States. Though it is now observed on the second Sunday in May in most of the countries, established by Anna Jarvis. |
| 1908 | The first Mother's Day was celebrated during Church Service in Grafton, West Virginia. |
| 1916 | Ernest Shackleton and five companions completed one ofhistory's greatest small-boat journeys when they arrived at SouthGeorgia after an 800-nautical-mile (1,500 km) journey in a lifeboat. |
| 1922 | Kingman Reef, named after American Captain W.E. Kingman, was formally annexed to the United States on May 10, 1922. It is located in the North Pacific Ocean and discovered by the American Captain Edmund Fanning on June 14, 1798. |
| 1924 | J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the Bureau ofInvestigation, which would later become the U.S. Federal Bureau ofInvestigation. |
| 1924 | J. Edgar Hoover was appointed the head of the Bureau of Investigation. |
| 1925 | New Zealand Prime Minister William Masi died in office. |
| 1933 | On May 10, 1933 Paraguay declared war on Bolivia. This conflict is also known as Chaco war between the two countries to take control over northern part of Gran Chaco of South America, assumed to be rich in oil. |
| 1934 | Revenue Act issued in the United States. |
| 1936 | Manuel Azana becomes the new President of Spain. |
| 1937 | The 8th Imperial Conference began in London. |
| 1940 | British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned andformally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor. |
| 1941 | World War II-Nazi leader Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland,claiming to be on a peace mission. |
| 1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the leader of the Congress party in India. |
| 1960 | The United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton completed Operation Sandblast on May 10, 1960. It was the very first submerged circumnavigation of the world in history. |
| 1979 | The Federated States of Micronesia had formed its own constitutional government on May 10, 1979. Prior 1979 it was a part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under US administration and became an independent state on November 3, 1986. |
| 1981 | François Mitterrand was elected to be the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic. |
| 1993 | Santosh Yadav became the world's first female climber to reach Everest, the world's highest mountain peak twice. |
| 1994 | American serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethalinjection for the murders of twelve teenage boys and young men in aseries of killings committed between 1972 and 1978. |
| 1994 | Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa. |
| 1994 | Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black president of South Africa. |
| 1996 | Excel Communication, a telecommunication and multi-level marketing organization, became the youngest company to be listed in New York Stock Exchange on May 10, 1996, trading under the symbol (ECI). |
| 1997 | The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier, was inaugurated on May 10, 1997 by Queen Beatrix. This is one of the largest moving structures on the earth which can be closed automatically when needed as it is linked with weather and sea level data in a computer system and operated through software |
| 1997 | A 7.3 Mw earthquake struck Iran's Khorasan Province, killing1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging ordestroying over 15,000 homes. |
| 2001 | More than 120 spectators died in a stampede during a football match in Ghana. |
| 2002 | Robert Philip Hanssen, former agent of US Federal Bureau of Investigation, was sentenced on May 10, 2002 to 15 consecutive sentences of life in prison without any parole for selling US secrets and diamonds. He had been spying for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. |
| 2002 | The famous Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi died. |
| 2012 | The International committee of the Red Cross suspended all humanitarian work in Pakistan on May 10, 2012. This suspension was the result of the killing of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60 year ICRC staff member who was abducted four months ago in Baluchistan. |
| 2012 | 55 people were killed and 370 others injured in two bomb blasts in Damascus, the capital of Southwest Asian Syria. |
| 2013 | One World Trade Centre became the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere after the installation of final component of the skyscraper’s spire on May 10, 2013. Architectural height of this building is 1,776 ft which makes it world’s fourth tallest skyscraper. It has built on the same location where northern Twin Tower was destroyed on 9/11 by terrorist group that’s why it is often called Freedom Tower as well. |
Famous Birthdays of May 10:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1996 | Kateřina Siniaková / Tennis Player / Czech Republic |
| 1928 | Lothar Schmid / Chess Player / Germany |
| 1886 | Karl Barth / Author / Switzerland |
| 1886 | Felix Manalo / Religious Leader / Philippines |
| 1755 | Robert Gray / Explorer / United States of America |
| 1911 | Bel Kaufman / Author / United States of America |
| 1838 | John Wilkes Booth / Actor / United States of America |
| 1855 | Yukteswar Giri / Educator / India |
| 1967 | Eion Crossan / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1963 | Debbie Wiseman / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Diderik Wagenaar / Composer / Netherlands |
| 1876 | Ivan Cankar / Poet / Slovenia |
| 1993 | Tímea Babos / Tennis Player / Hungary |
| 1942 | Jim Calhoun / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1965 | Paul Langmack / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1888 | Max Steiner / Composer / United States of America |
| 1788 | Augustin-Jean Fresnel / Engineer / France |
| 1770 | Louis-Nicolas Davout / Politician / France |
| 1002 | Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi / Historian / Iraq |
| 1960 | Dean Heller / Politician / United States of America |
| 1866 | Léon Bakst / Painter / Russia |
| 1960 | Merlene Ottey / Runner / Slovenia |
| 1891 | Mahmoud Mokhtar / Sculptor / Egypt |
| 1932 | K. Sivathamby / Teacher / India |
| 1872 | Marcel Mauss / Sociologist / France |
| 1973 | Rüştü Reçber / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1996 | Tyus Jones / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1975 | Hélio Castroneves / Racing Car Driver / Brazil |
| 1952 | Sly Dunbar / Drummer / Jamaica |
| 1933 | Barbara Taylor Bradford / Author / United Kingdom |
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