Page 8: Historical Events In May - 10

1944  On May - 10 chinese offensive in West-Yunnan   

1944  On this day in history smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal   

1945  On May - 10 allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese   

1945  On May - 10 russian troops occupy Prague   

1946  Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy on May - 10.   

1948  The first attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel on May - 10.   

1948  Winston Churchill visits The Hague on May - 10.   

1950  On this day in history the first Netherlands-US telex sent   

1950  On this day in history john G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies   

1954  On this day in history bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France   

1954  On this day in history george Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies   

1956  On May - 10 french Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria   

1959  On this day in history soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán   

1960  John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia on this day in history.   

1960  US atomic sub USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water on May - 10.   

1960  On May - 10 juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61   

1961  "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London on May - 10.   

1963  Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison on May - 10.   

1964  On this day in history carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35   

1965  On May - 10 hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70   

1966  On this day in history 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

1967  Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges on this day in history.   

1967  Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia on May - 10.   

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 10.   

1968  On this day in history viet Nam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a preliminary level   

1968  Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 10 maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies   

1969  On May - 10 apollo 10 transmit first color pictures of Earth from space   

1969  On this day in history turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times   

1969  US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill on this day in history.   

1970  Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games on May - 10.   

1970  On May - 10 stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games   

1971  US special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢ on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 10 mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79   

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1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

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 May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

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  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 May - 10.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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