Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on May - 10.   

1930  First US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on May - 10.   

1930  On May - 10 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)   

1931  Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ on May - 10.   

1932  On May - 10 government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem   

1932  On May - 10 senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France   

1932  Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem on May - 10.   

1933  Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms on May - 10.   

1933  Nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University on May - 10.   

1933  Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany on May - 10.   

1933  Paraguay declares war on Bolivia on May - 10.   

1933  Public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 10 suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

1933  The Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected President of Spain   

1936  Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt on May - 10.   

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected president of Spain   

1937  Busmen strike in London on this day in history.   

1938  Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1938  Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies on this day in history.   

1940  British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks   

1940  On May - 10 dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  On May - 10 french marines stationed on Aruba   

1940  On May - 10 french troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands   

1940  On this day in history massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.   

1940  Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on this day in history.   

1940  Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM on May - 10.   

1940  Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1941  Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland on May - 10.   

1941  England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz on May - 10.   

1941  On May - 10 queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason   

1942  Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on May - 10.   

1943  Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged on May - 10.   

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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 May - 10.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

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

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

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

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.