Historical Events In May - 10

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

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

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

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 May - 10 senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France   

1932  Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 10 deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms   

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  On May - 10 public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books.   

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

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

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

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 May - 10.   

1938  On May - 10 banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam   

1938  Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies on May - 10.   

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  Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege on May - 10.   

1940  French marines stationed on Aruba on May - 10.   

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland   

1941  England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason   

1942  Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.   

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

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

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  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

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