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The following events took place on May 10. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 63 events. Showing 31 - 60.

• 1908

  Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1916

  Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• 1922

  The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• 1924

  J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• 1933

  Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
• 1940

  World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• 1940

  World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
• 1940

  World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
• 1940

  World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
• 1940

  World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
• 1941

  World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• 1941

  World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
• 1942

  World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
• 1946

  First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• 1948

  The Republic of China implements “temporary provisions” granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
• 1954

  Bill Haley & His Comets release “Rock Around the Clock”, the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
• 1960

  The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
• 1962

  Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
• 1969

  Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
• 1970

  Bobby Orr scores “The Goal” to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins’ fourth NHL championship in their history.
• 1972

  First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. “Warthog”).
• 1975

  Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
• 1979

  The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
• 1981

  François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
• 1993

  In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
• 1994

  Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
• 1997

  A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran’s Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
• 1997

  The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world’s largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
• 2002

  F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
• 2005

  A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.

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