Page 7: Historical Events In May - 10

1930  On May - 10 clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield   

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

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

1931  On May - 10 golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ   

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

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

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

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

1933  Nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 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  On this day in history suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

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

1936  Manuel Azaña elected President of Spain on this day in history.   

1936  Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt on this day in history.   

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

1937  On May - 10 busmen strike in London   

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

1938  On this day in history percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies   

1940  On May - 10 british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms   

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 this day in history.   

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

1940  French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands on May - 10.   

1940  On May - 10 massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.   

1940  Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on May - 10.   

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  Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland on this day in history.   

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

1941  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged   

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

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

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

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 this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.   

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 this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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

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

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

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