Historical Events In May - 10
1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
1992 Bible Land Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
1993 Paul Cézannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1994 Barbra Streisand's begins first concert tour in 30 years
1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president
1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian Government with 5 neo-fascists
1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards Reba McEntire wins
1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 "Twister" premieres
1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
1996 A storm hits Mt Everest, killing eight climbers in one of the worst disasters since Everest was first conquered in 1953.
1997 In Northern Iran a 7.5 quake, At least 1,567 people killed, 2,300 injured, 50,000 homeless, 10,533 houses destroyed, 5,474 houses damaged and landslides in the Birjand-Qayen area
1896 The American transcontinental railroad is completed
1933 Nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University
1994 Nelson Mandella sworn in as the president of South Africa
1899 The birth of Fred Astaire, American Actor
1902 The birth of David O Selznick, American film producer
2005 A hand grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 10 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
2007 Tony Blair announces he will resign as British Prime Minister on 27 jun triggering a Labour Party leadership election.
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