Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1841  On May - 10 birth of james Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)  

1843  Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian was born on this day in history.  

1843  Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

1847  On May - 10 birth of wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)  

1850  On May - 10 birth of thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)  

1855  On this day in history birth of anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]  

1857  On May - 10 birth of hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)  

1858  Frederick Zech Jr, composer was born on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history birth of léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)  

1867  On May - 10 birth of jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)  

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1868  On May - 10 birth of ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)  

1872  Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950) was born on May - 10.  

1873  On this day in history birth of carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor  

1873  Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums) was born on May - 10.  

1874  Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

1876  Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica) was born on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history birth of roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer  

1878  On this day in history birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)  

1879  Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926) was born on May - 10.  

1882  On this day in history birth of thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)  

1885  On May - 10 birth of fritz v Unruh, writer  

1885  On this day in history birth of mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], VA, actress (High Stakes)  

1885  On this day in history birth of marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)  

1886  Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting) was born on May - 10.  

1886  On this day in history birth of olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)  

1886  On this day in history birth of felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)  

1887  Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels) was born on May - 10.  

1888  On May - 10 birth of max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)  

1889  Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history birth of dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)  

1897  Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923) was born on May - 10.  

1897  On this day in history birth of ewart Levy  

1897  Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987) was born on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history birth of ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)  

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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  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)  

1424  On this day in history death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer