Historical Events In May - 10

1930  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1933  Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany on this day in history.  

1933  On May - 10 paraguay declares war on Bolivia  

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 this day in history.  

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected President of Spain  

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

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

1937  On this day in history busmen strike in London  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 10.  

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

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 this day in history euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56  

1941  On May - 10 adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland  

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

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.  

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.