Historical Events In May - 10

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

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

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

1931  On this day in history golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ   

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

1932  Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France on May - 10.   

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

1933  On May - 10 deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms   

1933  On this day in history nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University   

1933  Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany on May - 10.   

1933  On this day in history paraguay declares war on Bolivia   

1933  On May - 10 public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books.   

1933  On this day in history suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

1933  The Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña elected President of Spain   

1936  Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt on May - 10.   

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected president of Spain   

1937  On May - 10 busmen strike in London   

1938  On May - 10 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 this day in history british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms   

1940  On May - 10 dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks   

1940  Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history french marines stationed on Aruba   

1940  French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands on May - 10.   

1940  On May - 10 massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.   

1940  Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on May - 10.   

1940  Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM on May - 10.   

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

1941  On May - 10 adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland   

1941  On May - 10 england's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz   

1941  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged   

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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 this day in history.   

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  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history 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  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10.   

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

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

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

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