May 10
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1967
The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
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Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
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Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
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In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
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Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
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A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
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FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
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A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
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One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
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Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.
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Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.
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Start of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
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2000Bae Jin-young, South Korean singer
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1997Brittany Broski, American comedian and singer
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1997Richarlison, Brazilian footballer
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1996Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Canadian ice hockey player
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1996Tyus Jones, American basketball player
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1996Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
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1996Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player
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1995Andrew Anderson, American bowler
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1995Missy Franklin, American swimmer
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1995Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
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1993Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer
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1990Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player
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