Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on May - 10.   

1930  On May - 10 first US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)   

1930  1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on May - 10.   

1931  Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 10 government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem   

1932  Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France on this day in history.   

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

1933  Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms on May - 10.   

1933  Nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 10 nazis stage public book burnings in Germany   

1933  On May - 10 paraguay declares war on Bolivia   

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

1933  On May - 10 suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

1933  On May - 10 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  Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history busmen strike in London   

1938  On this day in history banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam   

1938  On this day in history percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies   

1940  On May - 10 british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms   

1940  Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  On this day in history french marines stationed on Aruba   

1940  On May - 10 french troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands   

1940  Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1940  Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on May - 10.   

1941  Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland on May - 10.   

1941  England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz on May - 10.   

1941  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on May - 10.   

1942  On this day in history joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74   

1943  Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged on this day in history.   

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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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

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

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

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 May - 10.   

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

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

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

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