Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Mon May 10 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/10/1697 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer
05/10/1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer
05/10/1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
05/10/1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, statesman
05/10/1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
05/10/1741 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
05/10/1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
05/10/1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise
05/10/1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
05/10/1770 Louis Nicholas Davout, French field marshall (defeated Prussians)
05/10/1776 George Thomas Smart, composer
05/10/1780 Peter Lichtenthal, composer
05/10/1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer
05/10/1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
05/10/1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
05/10/1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
05/10/1810 James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
05/10/1813 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
05/10/1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
05/10/1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
05/10/1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 189
05/10/1825 Rudolf Viole, composer
05/10/1830 Fran�ois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
05/10/1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
05/10/1838 John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln
05/10/1843 Benito P�rez Gald�s, Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Naz�arin)
05/10/1843 Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
05/10/1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, England, tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
05/10/1855 Anatol Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake)
05/10/1857 Hendrik Zwardemaker, physiologist (olfactometer)
05/10/1858 Frederick, Jr Zech, composer
05/10/1873 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
05/10/1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
05/10/1877 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
05/10/1878 Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
05/10/1885 Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], actress (High Stakes)
05/10/1886 Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
05/10/1886 Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
05/10/1887 Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Sintels)
05/10/1888 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
05/10/1894 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
05/10/1897 Ewart Levy
05/10/1898 Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
05/10/1898 Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
05/10/1899 Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
05/10/1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
05/10/1902 David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind)
05/10/1902 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
05/10/1904 David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
05/10/1905 Angus Paton, civil engineer
05/10/1907 Harilaos Perpessas, composer
05/10/1908 Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
05/10/1909 Lord Collison, British agriculture worker's leader
05/10/1909 Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
05/10/1910 Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
05/10/1910 Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
05/10/1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court
05/10/1912 Erik Jorgensen, composer
05/10/1914 Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
05/10/1914 Lord Smith, British surgeon
05/10/1915 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/imitator/actor
05/10/1915 Christian Beyers Naud�, South African anti-apartheid fighter
05/10/1915 Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret
05/10/1915 Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
05/10/1916 Milton Babbitt, US composer
05/10/1918 Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
05/10/1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
05/10/1919 Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
05/10/1919 Tibor Sarai, composer
05/10/1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
05/10/1921 Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
05/10/1922 David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council)
05/10/1923 John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop]
05/10/1925 Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
05/10/1929 Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
05/10/1930 June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
05/10/1930 Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/achoholic
05/10/1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
05/10/1934 William Lithgow, British industrialist/farmer
05/10/1935 Henry Fambrough, US singer (Detroit Spinners)
05/10/1936 Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
05/10/1936 Gary Owens, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
05/10/1936 Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
05/10/1937 Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
05/10/1937 Jim Hickman, baseball player
05/10/1937 Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
05/10/1938 Henry Fambrough, rocker (Spinners)
05/10/1938 Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
05/10/1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
05/10/1938 Merritt Ranew, baseball player
05/10/1938 Michael Shea, director of public affairs (Hanson Trust)
05/10/1938 Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
05/10/1939 Tamara Press, Lenningrad USSR, track star (Olympic-gold-1964)
05/10/1940 Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
05/10/1940 Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
05/10/1940 William Cash, MP
05/10/1941 Danny Rapp, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
05/10/1941 Ken Berry, baseball player
05/10/1941 Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
05/10/1942 Bill Coday, US singer (You're gonna then me)
05/10/1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
05/10/1943 Donovan, [Leitch], Scotland, rock singer (Mellow Yellow)
05/10/1944 Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
05/10/1944 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
05/10/1946 Graham Gouldman, bassist (10cc)
05/10/1946 Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
05/10/1947 Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
05/10/1947 Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
05/10/1947 Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
05/10/1951 Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
05/10/1951 Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
05/10/1953 Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Mothers of Invention-200 Motels, Retaliation
05/10/1953 Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
05/10/1955 Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons)
05/10/1955 Mark David Chapman, assassin of John Lennon
05/10/1957 Phil Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympics-silver-1980)
05/10/1957 Sid Vicious, [John Beverly], bassist (Sex Pistols)
05/10/1957 Steve Mahre, US, slalom skier (Olympic-silver-1984)
05/10/1958 Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, sk: 66)
05/10/1958 Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
05/10/1960 Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
05/10/1961 Teri Copley, Arcadia Calif, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
05/10/1962 Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
05/10/1962 Joey Meyer, baseball player
05/10/1962 Robby Thompson, baseball player
05/10/1965 Mike Butcher, baseball player
05/10/1969 Dennis Bergkamp, soccer star (Ajax)
05/10/1969 Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
05/10/1969 Pete Schourek, baseball player
05/10/1991 Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe
Deaths:
05/10/ 238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
05/10/ 995 Boudewijn, bishop of Utrecht
05/10/1566 Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
05/10/1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
05/10/1610 Henri IV, king of France, murdered
05/10/1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
05/10/1696 Jean de La Bruy�re, essayist, dies
05/10/1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
05/10/1764 Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
05/10/1770 Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
05/10/1774 Louis XV, King of France (1715-74), dies
05/10/1784 Antoine Court de G�belin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56
05/10/1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
05/10/1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72
05/10/1798 George Vancouver, British explorer, dies (birth date unknown)
05/10/1818 Paul Revere, US patriot, dies
05/10/1820 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
05/10/1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
05/10/1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
05/10/1833 Fran�ois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74
05/10/1849 Katsushuka Hokusai, artist, dies
05/10/1859 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
05/10/1863 Stonewall Jackson, General, dies of wounds at Chancellorsville
05/10/1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27
05/10/1869 Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66
05/10/1880 John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
05/10/1885 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
05/10/1897 William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
05/10/1904 Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
05/10/1909 Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies
05/10/1910 William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
05/10/1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
05/10/1920 John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
05/10/1923 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
05/10/1924 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
05/10/1937 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in W�ste), dies
05/10/1940 Euphemia 'Phemia' Molkenboer, author/poster artist, dies at 56
05/10/1943 Andr� Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
05/10/1950 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
05/10/1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
05/10/1964 Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 67
05/10/1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
05/10/1971 Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
05/10/1971 Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
05/10/1973 Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
05/10/1977 Joan Crawford, [Lucille Fay Le Sueur], actress (Mildred Pierce), die
05/10/1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, writer, dies
05/10/1979 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros en de eenzame man), dies
05/10/1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
05/10/1982 Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies
05/10/1983 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
05/10/1984 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
05/10/1984 Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
05/10/1990 Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
05/10/1991 Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies
05/10/1992 Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
05/10/1992 John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 79
05/10/1992 Liesbeth Sa�ers, sculptor, dies
05/10/1992 Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
05/10/1994 John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed at 52 in Illinois
05/10/1994 Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69
Significant Events:
05/10/1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
05/10/1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
05/10/1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
05/10/1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
05/10/1624 Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
05/10/1652 John Johnson, a free black granted 550 acres in Northampton Va
05/10/1655 Jamaica captured by English
05/10/1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins
05/10/1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
05/10/1775 2nd Cont Congress convened in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
05/10/1775 Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution
05/10/1787 Parliment impeaches Warren Hastings
05/10/1796 French govt arrest 10 utopists
05/10/1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
05/10/1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
05/10/1816 English steamship 'Defiance' arrives at Rotterdam harbor
05/10/1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
05/10/1857 Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
05/10/1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
05/10/1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
05/10/1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
05/10/1865 Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinsville Georgia
05/10/1865 Surrender of Sam Jones
05/10/1865 Union captures Jefferson Davis in Irwinville Ga
05/10/1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinential RR
05/10/1871 German-French peace treaty signed: France loses Elzas
05/10/1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
05/10/1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president
05/10/1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
05/10/1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
05/10/1889 Buddhist wins Preakness
05/10/1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
05/10/1905 Agile wins Kentucky Derby
05/10/1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
05/10/1908 1st Mother's Day held (Phila)
05/10/1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
05/10/1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
05/10/1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
05/10/1913 Long shot Donerail wins Kentucky Derby
05/10/1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
05/10/1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
05/10/1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
05/10/1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
05/10/1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
05/10/1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
05/10/1919 Johnny Loftus on Sir Barton wins 45th Kentucky Derby (2:09.8)
05/10/1919 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
05/10/1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
05/10/1924 J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
05/10/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1044 Teutonia
05/10/1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
05/10/1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
05/10/1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
05/10/1932 Government declares 'Wilhelmus' Neth national anthem
05/10/1932 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1254 Erfordia
05/10/1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France
05/10/1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
05/10/1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
05/10/1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
05/10/1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
05/10/1934 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1753 Mieke
05/10/1936 Manuel Aza�a becomes president of Spain
05/10/1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
05/10/1937 Busmen strike in London
05/10/1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
05/10/1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
05/10/1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
05/10/1940 French marines stationed on Aruba
05/10/1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
05/10/1940 Nazi armys attacks Netherland, Belgium & Luxembourg
05/10/1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
05/10/1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
05/10/1941 Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 66th Preakness Stakes (1:58.8)
05/10/1941 England's House of Commons detroyed in a blitz
05/10/1941 German Luftwaffe strikes London with fire bombs
05/10/1941 Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess flees to Scotland
05/10/1941 Holborn Theater in London destroyed
05/10/1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
05/10/1941 Whirlaway wins Preakness Stakes
05/10/1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
05/10/1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
05/10/1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
05/10/1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emanuel III as king of Italy
05/10/1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
05/10/1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
05/10/1950 1st Neth-US telex sent
05/10/1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
05/10/1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
05/10/1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
05/10/1956 French govt sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
05/10/1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
05/10/1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
05/10/1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
05/10/1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
05/10/1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
05/10/1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st around world under water trip
05/10/1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
05/10/1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
05/10/1967 C U Cesco & A R Klemol discovers asteroid #1770 Schlesinger
05/10/1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
05/10/1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodi
05/10/1968 Paris peace talks begin
05/10/1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
05/10/1969 US troop begin attack on Heuvel 937/Hamburger Hill
05/10/1970 Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
05/10/1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
05/10/1971 US special delivery rates go from 45� to 60�
05/10/1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into resevoir, killing 77
05/10/1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
05/10/1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
05/10/1973 Knicks beat Lakers, 102-93, for NBA championship, 4 games to 1
05/10/1973 Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
05/10/1974 NY Nets beats Utah Stars in 7th ABA championship, 4 games to 1
05/10/1975 Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
05/10/1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
05/10/1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
05/10/1980 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2811
05/10/1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for Pres of Fran
05/10/1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
05/10/1982 WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
05/10/1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
05/10/1983 Lee Chin Yong did 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
05/10/1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
05/10/1984 Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
05/10/1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
05/10/1986 Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cr�e marries Heather Locklear
05/10/1988 Edgar Degas' 'Danseresje of 14' sold for $10,120,000
05/10/1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
05/10/1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
05/10/1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
05/10/1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
05/10/1993 Paul C�zannes stilllife sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
05/10/1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
05/10/1994 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela sworn in as president of S Africa
05/10/1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian govt with 5 neo-fascists
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