Page 8: Historical Events In May - 10

1944  On this day in history chinese offensive in West-Yunnan   

1944  Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal on May - 10.   

1945  Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese on this day in history.   

1945  Russian troops occupy Prague on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 10 umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy   

1948  On May - 10 the first attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel   

1948  Winston Churchill visits The Hague on May - 10.   

1950  The first Netherlands-US telex sent on this day in history.   

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

1954  Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France on this day in history.   

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  Soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61   

1961  On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London   

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 May - 10 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

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

1967  On this day in history stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia   

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1969  Apollo 10 transmit first color pictures of Earth from space on May - 10.   

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

1969  On this day in history uS troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill   

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  On May - 10 uS special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢   

1971  Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.   

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  On this day in history death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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 May - 10.   

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

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer