Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1841  James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918) was born on May - 10.   

1843  On this day in history birth of kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian   

1843  Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1847  Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923) was born on May - 10.   

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) was born on this day in history.   

1855  Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born on May - 10.   

1857  Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer) was born on this day in history.   

1858  On May - 10 birth of frederick Zech Jr, composer   

1866  Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924) was born on May - 10.   

1867  On May - 10 birth of jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)   

1868  On May - 10 birth of ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)   

1872  On this day in history birth of marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)   

1873  Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor was born on May - 10.   

1873  On this day in history birth of jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)   

1874  On May - 10 birth of moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)   

1876  Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica) was born on May - 10.   

1877  On May - 10 birth of roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer   

1878  On this day in history birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)   

1879  On May - 10 birth of symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)   

1882  On this day in history birth of thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)   

1885  On this day in history birth of fritz v Unruh, writer   

1885  On May - 10 birth of mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], VA, actress (High Stakes)   

1885  On this day in history birth of marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)   

1886  On this day in history birth of karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)   

1886  On May - 10 birth of olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)   

1886  Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963) was born on May - 10.   

1887  Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels) was born on May - 10.   

1888  On this day in history birth of max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)   

1889  On May - 10 birth of mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)   

1894  Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty) was born on May - 10.   

1897  On May - 10 birth of dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923)   

1897  On this day in history birth of ewart Levy   

1897  On this day in history birth of einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)   

1898  On May - 10 birth of ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)   

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0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer