Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1841  James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918) was born on May - 10.  

1843  On this day in history birth of kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian  

1843  Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920) was born on May - 10.  

1847  Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923) was born on May - 10.  

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) was born on May - 10.  

1855  Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born on May - 10.  

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

1858  On this day in history birth of frederick Zech Jr, composer  

1866  Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history birth of jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)  

1868  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 10 birth of roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer  

1878  On May - 10 birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)  

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

1882  Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society) was born on May - 10.  

1885  Fritz v Unruh, writer was born on this day in history.  

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

1885  On May - 10 birth of marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)  

1886  Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting) was born on this day in history.  

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

1886  Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.  

1887  Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels) was born on this day in history.  

1888  Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) was born on this day in history.  

1889  Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965) was born on May - 10.  

1894  Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty) was born on May - 10.  

1897  On May - 10 birth of dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923)  

1897  On this day in history birth of ewart Levy  

1897  Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987) was born on May - 10.  

1898  On May - 10 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 May - 10.  

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

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

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

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

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.