Page 8: Historical Events In May - 10

1944  Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal   

1945  On May - 10 allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese   

1945  On May - 10 russian troops occupy Prague   

1946  On May - 10 umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy   

1948  The first attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel on May - 10.   

1948  On May - 10 winston Churchill visits The Hague   

1950  On May - 10 the first Netherlands-US telex sent   

1950  John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies on May - 10.   

1954  Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France on May - 10.   

1954  On May - 10 george Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies   

1956  French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 10 soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán   

1960  On May - 10 john F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia   

1960  On this day in history uS atomic sub USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water   

1960  On May - 10 juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61   

1961  On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London   

1963  Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison on May - 10.   

1964  On this day in history carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35   

1965  On May - 10 hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70   

1966  25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May on May - 10.   

1967  Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges on May - 10.   

1967  On May - 10 stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia   

1967  On May - 10 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1968  Viet Nam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a preliminary level on May - 10.   

1968  On this day in history vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam   

1968  Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies on May - 10.   

1969  On May - 10 apollo 10 transmit first color pictures of Earth from space   

1969  On this day in history turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times   

1969  US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill on May - 10.   

1970  On May - 10 stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games   

1970  On this day in history stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games   

1971  US special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢ on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 10 mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.