Page 7: Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on this day in history.   

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

1930  1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on this day in history.   

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

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

1932  On this day in history senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France   

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

1933  On this day in history deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms   

1933  On May - 10 nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University   

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

1933  On this day in history paraguay declares war on Bolivia   

1933  On this day in history public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books.   

1933  Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands on May - 10.   

1933  On this day in history the Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany   

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

1936  On this day in history nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt   

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected president of Spain   

1937  On this day in history busmen strike in London   

1938  Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam on May - 10.   

1938  On May - 10 percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies   

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

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

1940  On May - 10 dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  French marines stationed on Aruba on May - 10.   

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

1940  Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins on May - 10.   

1940  Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 10 winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM   

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 this day in history.   

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

1942  On May - 10 joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74   

1943  On May - 10 andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged   

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On May - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10.   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

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

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  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

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