Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1841  James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

1843  Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian was born on May - 10.   

1843  On May - 10 birth of benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)   

1847  On May - 10 birth of wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)   

1850  Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) was born on this day in history.   

1855  Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born on May - 10.   

1857  On May - 10 birth of hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)   

1858  On this day in history birth of frederick Zech Jr, composer   

1866  Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924) was born on May - 10.   

1867  On this day in history birth of jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)   

1868  Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1872  Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor   

1873  On May - 10 birth of jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)   

1874  Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941) was born on May - 10.   

1876  On this day in history birth of ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)   

1877  On May - 10 birth of roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer   

1878  On this day in history birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)   

1879  On this day in history birth of symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)   

1882  On May - 10 birth of thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)   

1885  Fritz v Unruh, writer was born on May - 10.   

1885  On May - 10 birth of mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], VA, actress (High Stakes)   

1885  Marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history birth of karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)   

1886  On this day in history birth of olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)   

1886  On this day in history birth of felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)   

1887  Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On May - 10 birth of max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)   

1889  Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965) was born on May - 10.   

1894  On May - 10 birth of dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)   

1897  Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923) was born on May - 10.   

1897  Ewart Levy was born on May - 10.   

1897  On May - 10 birth of einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)   

1898  On this day in history birth of ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)   

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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 May - 10.   

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

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

1493  On this day in history 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 May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.