Page 7: Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history first US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)   

1930  1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ   

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

1932  On this day in history senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France   

1932  On this day in history government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem   

1933  Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University   

1933  On May - 10 nazis stage public book burnings in Germany   

1933  Paraguay declares war on Bolivia on this day in history.   

1933  Public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books on May - 10.   

1933  Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 10 the Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany   

1936  Manuel Azaña elected President of Spain on May - 10.   

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

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña elected president of Spain   

1937  Busmen strike in London on May - 10.   

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 May - 10.   

1940  British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 10 dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks   

1940  On this day in history dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  French marines stationed on Aruba on this day in history.   

1940  French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands on this day in history.   

1940  Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg   

1940  On May - 10 winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM   

1940  On May - 10 euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56   

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  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on May - 10.   

1942  On this day in history joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74   

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

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

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  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

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 this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

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

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

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

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer