Historical Events In May - 10

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

1930  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem  

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

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

1933  On this day in history deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms  

1933  On May - 10 nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University  

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

1933  On this day in history paraguay declares war on Bolivia  

1933  Public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books on this day in history.  

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

1933  On this day in history 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 May - 10 manuel Azaña elected president of Spain  

1937  Busmen strike in London on May - 10.  

1938  On this day in history 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  British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms on this day in history.  

1940  Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks on this day in history.  

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

1941  On May - 10 england's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz  

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 May - 10 andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged  

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

1697  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.  

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

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.  

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.