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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