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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Xu|first1=Zhenoao|last2=Pankenier|first2=W.|last3=Jiang|first3=Yaotiao|title=East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Gordon and Beach Science Publishers|date=2000|isbn=905699302X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JatFvikiwQC|page=148}}</ref> * 946 – Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=309}}</ref> *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arnold-Baker |first1=Charles |title=The Companion to British History |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-40039-4 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75ZGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT214 |language=en}}</ref> *1294 – Temür, Khagan of the Mongols, is enthroned as Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowman|first=John Stewart|title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2000|isbn=9780231110051|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYoHOqC7Yx4C|page=38}}</ref> *1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoogenboom |first1=Lynn |title=Amerigo Vespucci: A Primary Source Biography |date=2005 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-4042-3037-8 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvP-m6EuU3UC&pg=PA10 |language=en}}</ref> *1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them ''Las Tortugas'' after the numerous turtles there.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Christopher A. |title=Between a Past and Present Consciousness: Critiques of the Development of the Caymanian People |date=2019 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-3651-7 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfqhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |language=en}}</ref> *1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marley |first1=David |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |date=1998 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-87436-837-6 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC&pg=PA52 |language=en}}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1688 – King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyatt|first=David K.|title=Thailand: A Short History|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2004|isbn=9780300084757|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YBujWXwkakC|page=103|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=Baker|first1=Chris|last2=Phongpaichit|first2=Pasuk|title=A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2017|isbn=9781107190764|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8wnDwAAQBAJ|pages=167–172}}</ref> *1713 – Great Northern War: The Russian Navy led by Admiral Fyodor Apraksin land both at Katajanokka and Hietalahti during the Battle of Helsinki.<ref>{{cite book|first=Seppo|last=Aalto|title=Kruununkaupunki – Vironniemen Helsinki 1640–1721|publisher=Finnish Literature Society|location=Helsinki|year=2015|isbn=978-952-222-675-4|language=fi}}</ref> *1768 – Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for ''The North Briton'' severely criticising King George III.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Massacre of St George's Fields and the petition of William Allen - News from Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/petition-of-the-month/the-massacre-of-st-georges-fields-and-the-petition-of-william-allen-the-elder/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803215606/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/petition-of-the-month/the-massacre-of-st-georges-fields-and-the-petition-of-william-allen-the-elder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lynch|first=Timothy J.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780199759255|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-lMAgAAQBAJ|page=111}}</ref> *1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maior-Barron |first1=Denise |title=Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon: Heritage Interpretation and Visitor Perceptions |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-34508-8 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbJjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102 |language=en}}</ref> *1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Ticonderoga {{!}} American Revolution [1775] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Ticonderoga |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |title=1775 {{!}} Timeline {{!}} Articles and Essays {{!}} Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 {{!}} Digital Collections {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1775/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704175242/https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1775/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Lodi {{!}} Italian history [1796] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lodi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615004816/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lodi |url-status=live }}</ref> *1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy |url=https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/06/06a.htm |website=www.marinersmuseum.org |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209071325/https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/06/06a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> *1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Gallery {{!}} museum, London, United Kingdom |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Gallery-museum-London |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810222834/https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Gallery-museum-London |url-status=live }}</ref> *1833 – A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet.<ref>{{cite book|author=Huỳnh Minh|year=2006|title=Gia Định Xưa|place=Ho Chi Minh City|publisher=Văn Hóa-Thông Tin Publishing House|language=vi|page=133}}</ref> *1837 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pred|first=Allan R.|chapter=Large City Inter-Dependence and the Pre-electronic Diffusion of Innovations in the United States|title=New Urban History" Quantitative Explorations by American Historians|editor-last=Schnore|editor-first=Leo Francis|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2016|isbn=9780691645292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H559BgAAQBAJ|pages=72–73|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Howe|first=Daniel Walkeer|title='What Hath God Wrought': The Transformation of America, 1815-1848|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780195392432|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTzRCwAAQBAJ|pages=503–505}}</ref> *1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 22 and injuring over 120.<ref>{{cite web |title=When New York City Rioted Over Hamlet Being Too British |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516191648/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Mutiny {{!}} History, Causes, Summary, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514063415/https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny |url-status=live }}</ref> *1865 – American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Metz |first1=Leon Claire |title=The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters |date=2002 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-3021-7 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BegmwZ3fuGUC&pg=PA200 |language=en}}</ref> *1869 – The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.<ref>{{cite web |last1=University |first1=Stanford |title=First Transcontinental Railroad and Stanford forever linked |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/08/first-transcontinental-railroad-stanford-forever-linked/ |website=Stanford News |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512082800/https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/08/first-transcontinental-railroad-stanford-forever-linked/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreitner |first1=Richard | others=The Almanac | magazine=The Nation|title=May 10, 1872: Victoria Woodhull Is the First Woman Nominated for President |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/may-10-1872-victoria-woodhull-first-woman-nominated-president/ |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=10 May 2015 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803181328/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/may-10-1872-victoria-woodhull-first-woman-nominated-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1876 – The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Centennial Exposition {{!}} trade fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416175310/https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition |url-status=live }}</ref> *1881 – Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roe |first1=Paul |title=Ethnic Violence and the Societal Security Dilemma |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-27689-9 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxGAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA118 |language=en}}</ref> *1899 – Finnish farmworker Karl Emil Malmelin kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of Klaukkala.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/586573/articles/114554|title=Nurmijärwen murhamies renki Karl Emil Malmelin wangittu|website=Digikansalliskirjasto|publisher=Uusi Suometar|date=25 May 1899|accessdate=29 September 2021|language=fi|archive-date=1 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101124410/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/586573/articles/114554|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Keskisarja|first=Teemu|title= Kirves: Toivo Harald Koljosen rikos ja rangaistus|publisher=Siltala|date=2015|isbn=978-952-234-324-6|language=fi}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1904 – The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horch - Dates in history |url=https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/horch-dates-in-history-2170 |website=Audi MediaCenter |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803193322/https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/horch-dates-in-history-2170 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawes |first1=Joseph M. |last2=Shores |first2=Elizabeth F. |title=The Family in America: An Encyclopedia |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-232-5 |page=714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z55xx8_P08UC&pg=PA714 |language=en}}</ref> *1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat ''James Caird'', Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Endurance expedition parties {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/shackleton-sea-parties |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194005/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/shackleton-sea-parties |url-status=live }}</ref> *1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Secretary |first1=United States Department of the Interior Office of the |title=Territorial Areas Administered by the United States |date=1973 |publisher=The Office |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHSyVaj2UUMC&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> *1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Edgar Hoover, May 10, 1924 - May 2, 1972 |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516115636/https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover |url-status=live }}</ref> *1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Book Burning |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613223246/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning |url-status=live }}</ref> *1940 – World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Overy |first1=Richard |title=The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945 |date=2013 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-192782-4 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEcXfXoSdgwC&pg=PR355 |language=en}}</ref> * 1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.<ref>{{cite book|author=karsten friedrich|title=The Cruel Slaughter of Adolf Hitler|date=February 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA8lAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|isbn=978-1-4467-9570-5|pages=7|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Mann|title=British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941-45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsveKzz-2OsC&pg=PA12|date=19 November 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-21022-6|pages=12}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - The Debate Continues, London Burning, and Reconstructed - 10 May 1941 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t92cg/p00t8yfd |website=BBC |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321172733/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t92cg/p00t8yfd |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handwerk |first1=Brian |title=Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the Middle of World War II? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-we-ever-know-why-nazi-leader-rudolf-hess-flew-scotland-middle-world-war-ii-180959040/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817030330/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-we-ever-know-why-nazi-leader-rudolf-hess-flew-scotland-middle-world-war-ii-180959040/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yenne |first1=Bill |title=The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941–42 |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-78200-981-8 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZGqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref> *1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Galison |first1=Peter |last2=Galison |first2=Joseph Pellegrino University Professor Peter |title=Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics |date=1997 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-27917-6 |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Gcu92U8CwYC&pg=PA269 |language=en}}</ref> *1961 – Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1649A Starliner F-BHBM Edjele |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610510-0 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=2022-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510033031/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610510-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of ''The Incredible Hulk''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sergi |first1=Joe |title=The Law for Comic Book Creators: Essential Concepts and Applications |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1733-6 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k42oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA171 |language=en}}</ref> *1967 – The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel ''Cyborg'' and TV series ''The Six Million Dollar Man''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Michelle |title=The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings Into Space |date=2020 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-1-4962-1168-2 |page=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=467aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT398 |language=en}}</ref> *1969 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Climbing Hamburger Hill 50 years after the Vietnam War's brutal, haunting battle |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/10/climbing-hamburger-hill-years-after-vietnam-wars-brutal-haunting-battle/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/10/climbing-hamburger-hill-years-after-vietnam-wars-brutal-haunting-battle/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gomery |first1=Douglas |last2=Pafort-Overduin |first2=Clara |title=Movie History: A Survey: Second Edition |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-83524-7 |page=925 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5i-tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT925 |language=en}}</ref> *1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai Factory Fire's 200 Victims Were Locked Inside, Guards Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/world/thai-factory-fire-s-200-victims-were-locked-inside-guards-say.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=12 May 1993 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903001338/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/world/thai-factory-fire-s-200-victims-were-locked-inside-guards-say.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.<ref>{{cite web |title=1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black president |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10/newsid_2661000/2661503.stm |website=BBC |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=10 May 1994 |archive-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513191619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10/newsid_2661000/2661503.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> *1996 – A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dahlberg |first1=John-Thor |last2=Adhikary |first2=Dhruba |date=1996-05-15 |title=Climbing Veterans Call Everest Deaths Inevitable |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-15-mn-4341-story.html |access-date=2020-05-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=2023-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415082508/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-15-mn-4341-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1997 – The 7.3 M<sub>w</sub> Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stoddard |first1=Katy |title=All the deadliest and strongest earthquakes since 1900, including coordinates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/feb/28/deadliest-earthquakes-strongest-data |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=13 January 2010}}</ref> *2002 – 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=CNN.com - Turncoat FBI agent Hanssen to be sentenced - May 10, 2002 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/05/09/hanssen.sentenced/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804025838/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/05/09/hanssen.sentenced/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about {{convert|60|ft|m|disp=out|-1}} 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spignesi |first1=Stephen |title=In the Crosshairs: Famous Assassinations and Attempts from Julius Caesar to John Lennon |date=2016 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5107-1303-1 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWSCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34 |language=en}}</ref> *2012 – The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |last2=Whitaker |first2=Brian |title=Syria: Damascus explosions - Thursday 10 May |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/may/10/syria-damascus-explosions-live |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=10 May 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308194105/http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/may/10/syria-damascus-explosions-live |url-status=live }}</ref> *2013 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spire Intact, World Trade Center Stretches To 1,776 Feet |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182832901/spire-intact-world-trade-center-stretches-to-1-776-feet?t=1588335130294 |website=NPR.org |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517133734/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182832901/spire-intact-world-trade-center-stretches-to-1-776-feet?t=1588335130294 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2017 – 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/05/10/Syrian-milita-nears-full-capture-of-Tabqa-city-dam/8741494436712/|title=Syrian milita nears full capture of Tabqa city, dam|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707041409/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/05/10/Syrian-milita-nears-full-capture-of-Tabqa-city-dam/8741494436712/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-tabqa-idUSKBN1862E4|title=U.S.-backed Syria militias say Tabqa, dam captured from Islamic State|date=10 May 2017|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510231920/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-tabqa-idUSKBN1862E4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=AFP, Beirut |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/05/10/US-backed-forces-seize-Syria-s-Tabqa-nearby-dam-monitor.html |title=US-backed forces seize Syria's Tabqa, dam from ISIS |date=10 May 2017 |publisher=Al Arabiya English |access-date=2018-07-06 |archive-date=2017-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513120012/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/05/10/US-backed-forces-seize-Syria-s-Tabqa-nearby-dam-monitor.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2022 – 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.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/05/10/prince-william-counsellors-state-queens-speech-state-opening/|date=10 May 2022|title=Queen's Speech: Why Prince William is attending State Opening of Parliament|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=12 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612154417/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/05/10/prince-william-counsellors-state-queens-speech-state-opening/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2024 – Start of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Friday night the sky danced, and we'll be talking about it for years to come. The great aurora of 10 May 2024 |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.skyatnightmagazine.com |date=12 May 2024 |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531152355/https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Births== ===Pre-1600===
* 874 – Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general and emperor (died 934)<ref>''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'' (十國春秋), [https://archive.org/stream/06072243.cn#page/n2/mode/2up vol. 48].</ref><ref name=AS>Academia Sinica [http://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Chinese-Western Calendar Converter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016003621/http://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ |date=2013-10-16 }}.</ref> * 955 – Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (died 996)<ref>{{EI2 | last=Canard | first=Marius | authorlink=Marius Canard | title=al-ʿAzīz Biʾllāh | volume=1 | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0953|page=823}}</ref> *1491 – Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (died 1521)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sharon Bennett Connolly|title=Heroines of the Medieval World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyo2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182|date=15 September 2017|publisher=Amberley Publishing|isbn=978-1-4456-6265-7|pages=182–}}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (died 1686)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Northen Magill|title=Critical Survey of Drama: Authors|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalsurveyof02fran|url-access=registration|year=1986|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-386-8}}</ref> *1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (died 1764)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Marie LeClair|title=Sonatas for Violin and Basso continuo, Opus 5: Part 1: Opus 5, Sonatas I-V|url=https://archive.org/details/sonatasforviolin0005lecl|url-access=registration|date=1 June 1968|publisher=A-R Editions, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89579-008-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sonatasforviolin0005lecl/page/9 9]}}</ref> *1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician (died 1781)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Revolution: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes] |date=2018 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-744-9 |page=1497 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyJrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1497 |language=en}}</ref> *1755 – Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (died 1806)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=George W. |last2=Halpenny |first2=Francess G. |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |date=1966 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-8020-3398-7 |page=387 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=evippMryHjsC&pg=PA387 |language=en}}</ref> *1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (died 1826)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Konzett |first1=Matthias |title=Encyclopedia of German Literature |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94129-1 |page=904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-I4CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT904 |language=en}}</ref> *1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (died 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Joseph-Rouget-de-Lisle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608170613/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Joseph-Rouget-de-Lisle |url-status=live }}</ref> *1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt {{!}} French general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Nicolas-Davout-duc-dAuerstedt-prince-dEckmuhl |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804050953/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Nicolas-Davout-duc-dAuerstedt-prince-dEckmuhl |url-status=live }}</ref> *1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (died 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Augustin-Jean Fresnel {{!}} French physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustin-Jean-Fresnel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520142147/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustin-Jean-Fresnel |url-status=live }}</ref> *1793 – R. E. B. Baylor, American politician and jurist (died 1873)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://alabamanewscenter.com/2017/05/10/day-alabama-history-future-alabama-politician-r-e-b-baylor-born/|title=On this day in Alabama history: Future Alabama politician R.E.B. Baylor was born|website=Alabama News Center|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> *1812 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (died 1902)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Barlow, William Henry (1812–1902), civil engineer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30598 |year=2004 |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30598}}</ref> *1813 – Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (died 1883)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-682-4 |page=182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dvYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA182 |language=en}}</ref> *1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Wilkes Booth {{!}} Biography, Conspiracy, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110184734/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth |url-status=live }}</ref> *1841 – James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher and broadcaster (died 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thornley |first1=Stew |title=The Polo Grounds: Essays and Memories of New York City's Historic Ballpark, 1880-1963 |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3358-9 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0CIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT52 |language=en}}</ref> *1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (died 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Benito Pérez Galdós {{!}} Spanish author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Perez-Galdos |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520043945/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Perez-Galdos |url-status=live }}</ref> *1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (died 1923)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |date=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA74 |language=en}}</ref> *1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (died 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bassuk |first1=Daniel E. |title=Incarnation in Hinduism and Christianity: The Myth of the God-Man |date=1987 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-08642-9 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3iwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |language=en}}</ref> *1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (died 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcel Mauss {{!}} French sociologist and anthropologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Mauss |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628052513/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Mauss |url-status=live }}</ref> *1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan Cankar {{!}} Slovene author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Cankar |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406162931/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Cankar |url-status=live }}</ref> *1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (died 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Parthenis, Konstantinos |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000065608 |website=Grove Art Online |year=2003 |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T065608 |last1=Tsigakou |first1=Fani-Maria |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 |archive-date=2021-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206173635/https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000065608 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gustav Stresemann {{!}} chancellor of Germany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Stresemann |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602165640/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Stresemann |url-status=live }}</ref> *1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (died 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Symon Petlyura {{!}} Ukrainian social leader |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Symon-Petlyura |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526195132/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Symon-Petlyura |url-status=live }}</ref> *1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (died 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography {{!}} Center for Barth Studies |url=http://barth.ptsem.edu/karl-barth/biography |website=barth.ptsem.edu |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416204135/http://barth.ptsem.edu/karl-barth/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1886 – Olaf Stapledon, English novelist and philosopher (died 1950)<ref>{{cite web | title=W.O. STAPLEDON, 64, NOTED PHILOSOPHER; Author of 'Last and First Men' Dies--British Delegate to the World Peace Meeting Here Forecast Cosmic Disaster Only Briton Approved | website=NYTimes.com | date=1950-09-08 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/09/08/86454573.html?pageNumber=31 | access-date=2026-05-10}}</ref> *1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1971)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Musiker |first1=Naomi |last2=Musiker |first2=Reuben |title=Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-91770-8 |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipnrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT273 |language=en}}</ref> *1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (died 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfred Jodl {{!}} German general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Jodl |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230324143329/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Jodl |url-status=live }}</ref> *1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (died 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahmoud Mukhtar |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/1320/Mahmoud-Mukhtar |website=www.sis.gov.eg |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803193321/https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/1320/Mahmoud-Mukhtar |url-status=live }}</ref> *1893 – Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (died 1949)<ref>{{cite web |title=On this day… was born Tonita Peña |url=https://womennart.com/2017/05/10/on-this-day-was-born-tonita-pena/ |website=Women'n Art |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=10 May 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194939/https://womennart.com/2017/05/10/on-this-day-was-born-tonita-pena/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (died 1979)<ref>{{cite web |title=DIMITRI TIOMKIN DIES WROTE FILM SCORES Russian•Born Composer Won Four Oscars, Including 'High Noon' and 'High and Mighty' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/14/archives/dimitri-tiomkin-dies-wrote-film-scores-russianborn-composer-won.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=14 November 1979 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820225155/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/14/archives/dimitri-tiomkin-dies-wrote-film-scores-russianborn-composer-won.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1895 – Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (died 1920)<ref>Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915. 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Retrieved 26 October 2020</ref> *1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (died 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Einar Gerhardsen {{!}} prime minister of Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Einar-Gerhardsen |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726070721/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Einar-Gerhardsen |url-status=live }}</ref> *1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian and author (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Durant | first1=Will | last2=Durant | first2=Ariel | title=Dual Biography | location=New York | publisher=Simon and Schuster | year=1977 | isbn=978-0-67122-925-2 | page=14}}</ref> *1899 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Astaire {{!}} Biography, Movies, Ginger Rogers, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Astaire |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918123713/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Astaire |url-status=live }}</ref> *1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1979)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The biographical encyclopedia of astronomers|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00hock_878|url-access=limited|date=2007|publisher=Springer| editor-last1=Hockey | editor-first1=Thomas A. | editor-last2=Trimble | editor-first2=Virginia | editor-last3=Bracher | editor-first3=Katherine | others=et al|isbn=9780387304007|location=New York, NY|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00hock_878/page/n907 876]|oclc=184930573}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1901 – John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Desmond Bernal {{!}} Irish physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Desmond-Bernal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325103815/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Desmond-Bernal |url-status=live }}</ref> *1902 – David O. Selznick, American producer and screenwriter (died 1965)<ref>{{cite web |title=David O. Selznick {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-O-Selznick |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413050041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-O-Selznick |url-status=live }}</ref> *1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators |date=2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5897-0 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SymBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54 |language=en}}</ref> *1904 – Frieda Belinfante, Dutch musician and LGBT member of the Dutch resistance (died 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frieda Belinfante |url=https://hcofpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/prideposters-2.pdf |language=en}}</ref> *1905 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican artist and illustrator (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book |last=Fertig |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_uHGDAAAQBAJ |title=Take That, Adolf: The Fighting Comics of the Second World War |date=2017 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |isbn=9781606999875 |location=Seattle |page=235}}</ref> *1908 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2000)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dewhirst |first1=Robert E. |last2=Rausch |first2=John David |title=Encyclopedia of the United States Congress |date=2014 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1028-8 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51ATA-A5WaQC&q=Carl+Albert+may+10+1908&pg=PA8 |language=en}}</ref> *1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (died 1978)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sonneborn |first1=Liz |title=A to Z of American Women in the Performing Arts |date=2014 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0790-5 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf2741A_BkYC&pg=PA36 |language=en}}</ref> *1915 – Denis Thatcher, English businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Denis Thatcher {{!}} British businessman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Denis-Thatcher |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803172950/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Denis-Thatcher |url-status=live }}</ref> *1919 – Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leavitt |first1=Judith A. |title=American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government |date=1985 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-23748-5 |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_uzzu36rgC&pg=PA88 |language=en}}</ref> *1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (died 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bert Weedon: Musician whose 'Play in a Day' manuals inspired |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bert-weedon-musician-whose-play-in-a-day-manuals-inspired-generations-of-guitarists-7665827.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bert-weedon-musician-whose-play-in-a-day-manuals-inspired-generations-of-guitarists-7665827.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |date=21 April 2012}}</ref> *1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mall Man from Montreal David Azrieli brought American-style shopping to Israel |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/mall-man-from-montreal-david-azrieli-brought-malls-to-israel/article19681542/ |website=Globe and Mail |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=18 May 2020 |last1=Csillag |first1=Ron |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718042602/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/mall-man-from-montreal-david-azrieli-brought-malls-to-israel/article19681542/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Naden |first1=Corinne J. |title=The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965 |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7734-4 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adJ5J1kwj3wC&pg=PA167 |language=en}}</ref> *1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web |title=Heydar Aliyev {{!}} president of Azerbaijan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heydar-Aliyev |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625011023/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heydar-Aliyev |url-status=live }}</ref> *1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (died 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Bánzer Suárez {{!}} president of Bolivia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Banzer-Suarez |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129175428/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Banzer-Suarez |url-status=live }}</ref> *1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63940-4 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VO4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://valitsus.ee/uudised/memoriam-arnold-ruutel|title=IN MEMORIAM Arnold Rüütel|publisher=Vabariiki Valitsus|date=1 January 2025|access-date=1 January 2025|language=et}}</ref> * 1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lothar Schmid: Chess grandmaster who became a respected referee |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lothar-schmid-chess-grandmaster-who-became-a-respected-referee-8651273.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lothar-schmid-chess-grandmaster-who-became-a-respected-referee-8651273.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |date=9 June 2013}}</ref> *1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Coe, actor who was original 'SNL' member, dies at 86 |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-george-coe-20150721-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=21 July 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804104431/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-george-coe-20150721-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian writer and scholar (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leger |first1=Isabelle |title='It's a very sad day': N.B. mourns loss of novelist, playwright Antonine Maillet |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/antonine-maillet-acadian-playwright-le-pays-de-la-sagouine-universite-de-moncton-1.7461199 |website=CBC News |access-date=19 February 2025 |date=17 February 2025 }}</ref> *1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=George E. Smith {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-E-Smith |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601111240/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-E-Smith |url-status=live }}</ref> *1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ettore Scola, 1931-2016 {{!}} Obituary {{!}} Sight & Sound |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/ettore-scola-1931-2016 |website=British Film Institute |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803213708/https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/ettore-scola-1931-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=November 25, 2024 |title=Barbara Taylor Bradford, Whose Sagas Were Best Sellers, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/books/barbara-taylor-bradford-dead.html |access-date=November 25, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> *1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1980)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Komara |first1=Edward |last2=Lee |first2=Peter |title=The Blues Encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95832-9 |page=1082 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1082 |language=en}}</ref> *1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Manuel Santana obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/13/manuel-santana-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en |date=13 December 2021}}</ref> *1940 – Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter (died 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Arthur Alexander |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-arthur-alexander-1492587.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-arthur-alexander-1492587.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |date=19 June 1993}}</ref> *1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blevins |first1=Dave |title=The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7370-5 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7CnkH2HIsQC&pg=PA139 |language=en}}</ref> *1943 – Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-21 |title=Fallece la activista y política Raquel Blandón Sandoval |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/fallece-la-activista-y-politica-raquel-blandon-sandoval-breaking/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |language=es-GT}}</ref> *1943 – Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seibert |first=Brian |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of 'Power and Radiance,' Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> *1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marie-France Pisier: Actress and screenwriter noted for her work with |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/marie-france-pisier-actress-and-screenwriter-noted-for-her-work-with-truffaut-rivette-and-robbe-2275662.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/marie-france-pisier-actress-and-screenwriter-noted-for-her-work-with-truffaut-rivette-and-robbe-2275662.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |date=28 April 2011}}</ref> *1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Andy |title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-85743-161-2 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref> *1946 – Biruté Galdikas, Canadian primatologist and conservationist (died 2026)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=April 2, 2026 |title=Biruté Galdikas, Champion of Endangered Orangutans, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/science/earth/birute-galdikas-dead.html |access-date=April 9, 2026 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1946 – Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite book |author-link1=William Rubinstein |last1=Rubinstein |first1=W. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael A. |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=2011 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-30466-6 |page=726 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spOxzrifZjcC&pg=PT726 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prown |first1=Pete |last2=Newquist |first2=Harvey P. |title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists |date=1997 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA74 |language=en}}</ref> *1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Harriet |title=She: A Celebration of Renegade Women |date=2018 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-1-4722-4986-9 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o98vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171 |language=en}}</ref> *1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican musician (died 2026)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography by Craig Harris |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sly-dunbar-mn0000032836#biography |language=en}}</ref> *1954 – Mike Hagerty, American actor (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowther |first=Linnea |date=2022-05-06 |title=Mike Hagerty obituary: "Friends" actor dies at 67 |url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/mike-hagerty-1954-2022-played-mr-treeger-on-friends/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Legacy.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101035759/https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/mike-hagerty-1954-2022-played-mr-treeger-on-friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1955 – Chris Berman, American sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Berman |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/chris-berman/ |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402021719/https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/chris-berman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark David Chapman {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-David-Chapman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622182226/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-David-Chapman |url-status=live }}</ref> *1956 – Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mickey Faerch In Biographical Summaries of Notable People |url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-809775/mickey-faerch-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=MyHeritage}}</ref> *1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78786-7 |page=333 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZHCAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA333 |language=en}}</ref> *1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (died 1979)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sid Vicious - a picture from the past |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/10/photography-sexpistols |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> *1958 – Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Santorum {{!}} United States senator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rick-Santorum |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401100431/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rick-Santorum |url-status=live }}</ref> *1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Rowell, still young at heart and restless at 60 years old |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/victoria-rowell-still-young-at-heart-and-restless-at-60-years-old/97-6f1317df-6fe6-4a2c-896f-2dcb32d27bc2 |website=WCSH |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803211015/https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/victoria-rowell-still-young-at-heart-and-restless-at-60-years-old/97-6f1317df-6fe6-4a2c-896f-2dcb32d27bc2 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1959 – Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H001079 |website=bioguideretro.congress.gov |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026015807/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H001079 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Bono |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bono |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715104319/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bono |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1960 – Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Heller {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dean-Heller |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803191726/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dean-Heller |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1960 – Kerry Hemsley, Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Kerry_Hemsley.html RLP]</ref> * 1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buchanan |first1=Ian |last2=Mallon |first2=Bill |title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |date=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6524-2 |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fH3hD3MkIMYC&pg=PA234 |language=en}}</ref> *1962 – Robby Thompson, American baseball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Robby Thompson Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/robby-thompson-123300 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035952/https://www.mlb.com/player/robby-thompson-123300 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1963 – Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The True Story Behind the Movie Lucy in The Sky |url=https://time.com/5685017/lucy-in-the-sky-true-story-lisa-nowak/ |magazine=Time |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513165020/https://time.com/5685017/lucy-in-the-sky-true-story-lisa-nowak/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model<ref>{{cite web |title=Linda Evangelista {{!}} Canadian fashion model |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Linda-Evangelista |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310021905/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Linda-Evangelista |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1965 – Greg Fasala, Australian swimmer<ref>{{Sports-Reference|fa/greg-fasala-1|archive=20110520002145}}</ref> * 1965 – Paul Langmack, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref name="Paul Langmack Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/paul-langmack/summary.html|title=Paul Langmack Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> *1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Jonathan Edwards (GBR){{!}} News |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/biography-jonathan-edwards-gbr |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *1967 – Eion Crossan, New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eion Crossan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/eion-crossan/summary.html |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> *1968 – Al Murray, English comedian and television host<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. Page 136.</ref> * 1968 – William Regal, English wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=This Day in Wrestling History (May 10): Happy Birthday William Regal! |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/5/10/15594654/today-pro-wrestling-history-may-10-happy-birthday-william-regal-wwe-wcw-nxt |publisher=CageSide Seats |access-date=5 May 2023 |date=10 May 2017 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505153024/https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/5/10/15594654/today-pro-wrestling-history-may-10-happy-birthday-william-regal-wwe-wcw-nxt |url-status=live }}</ref> *1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager<ref name="Radnedge2001">{{cite book|author=Keir Radnedge|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tcZAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Universe Pub.|isbn=978-0-7893-0670-8}}</ref> * 1969 – John Scalzi, American author and blogger<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Scalzi, John : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/scalzi_john |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018203239/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/scalzi_john |url-status=live }}</ref> *1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Weir {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=15624&lid=1 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518014623/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=15624&lid=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvain Wiltord |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/players/s/sylvain-wiltord |website=www.OL.fr |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807003854/https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/players/s/sylvain-wiltord |url-status=live }}</ref> *1975 – Hazem Emam, Egyptian footballer and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Hazem Emam - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/hazem-emam_prs27866/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> * 1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Hélio Castroneves {{!}} Brazilian race-car driver |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helio-Castroneves |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606103453/http://www.britannica.com/biography/Helio-Castroneves |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1975 – Ueli Kestenholz, Swiss snowboarder (died 2026)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2026-01-13 |author1=Nils Hänggi |author2=Nino Vinzens |date=2026-01-13 |title=Bei Lawinenunglück: Ueli Kestenholz (50) tödlich verunfallt |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/extremsportler-bei-lawinenunglueck-ueli-kestenholz-50-toedlich-verunglueckt-103485047 |website=20min.ch}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> *1977 – Adrian Morley, English rugby league player<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-morley/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108183640/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-morley/summary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/10/horoscopes-may-10-2022-bono-use-your-resources-to-your-advantage/|title=Horoscopes May 10, 2022: Bono, use your resources to your advantage|last1=Last|first1=Eugenia|date=10 May 2022|website=The Mercury News|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510182048/https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/10/horoscopes-may-10-2022-bono-use-your-resources-to-your-advantage/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Humberto Suazo: The Chilean firecracker |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/humberto-suazo-the-chilean-firecracker-1.810367 |website=cbc |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034137/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/humberto-suazo-the-chilean-firecracker-1.810367 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1982 – Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Adebayo Akinfenwa |url=https://www.skysports.com/adebayo-akinfenwa |website=skysports.com |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035947/https://www.skysports.com/adebayo-akinfenwa |url-status=live }}</ref> *1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Mujica Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edward-mujica-465629 |website=MLB.com |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819081236/https://www.mlb.com/player/edward-mujica-465629 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Getzlaf |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ryan-getzlaf/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=15 May 2020 |date=19 September 2011 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803220810/https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ryan-getzlaf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1985 – Farah Jacquet, Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Farah Jacquet |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08131&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=3 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref> * 1985 – Jon Schofield, English canoe racer<ref>{{cite web |title=Canoe sprint: Team GB's Ed McKeever wins gold medal at Eton Dorney |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/canoe-sprint-team-gbs-ed-mckeever-wins-gold-medal-at-eton-dorney-8034279.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/canoe-sprint-team-gbs-ed-mckeever-wins-gold-medal-at-eton-dorney-8034279.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 August 2012}}</ref> *1988 – Adam Lallana, English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Lallana |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/mens-team/players/4618/adam-lallana?selectcompetition=-1 |website=brightonandhovealbion.com |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion |access-date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228183709/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/mens-team/players/4618/adam-lallana?selectcompetition=-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1990 – Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Salvador Perez {{!}} MiLB |url=http://m.milb.com/milb/player/521692 |website=m.milb.com |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518200818/http://m.milb.com/milb/player/521692 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1990 – Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivana ŠPANOVIĆ {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/serbia/ivana-spanovic-206037 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112131433/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/serbia/ivana-spanovic-206037 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1993 – Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Charice Pempengco (Jake Zyrus): gender transition, partner, latest update |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/425014-charice-pempengco-jake-zyrus-gender-transition-partner-latest-updates.html |website=tuko.co.ke |date=7 September 2021 |publisher=Tuko |access-date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035955/https://www.tuko.co.ke/425014-charice-pempengco-jake-zyrus-gender-transition-partner-latest-updates.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *1995 – Andrew Anderson, American bowler<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=Andrew Anderson {{!}} PBA |url=https://www.pba.com/players/andrew-anderson |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.pba.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Missy Franklin {{!}} Biography, Education, Olympics, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Missy-Franklin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516174511/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Missy-Franklin |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lutz |first1=Rachel |title=Who are Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron? |url=http://archivepyc.nbcolympics.com/news/who-are-gabriella-papadakis-and-guillaume-cizeron |website=NBC Olympics |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526182947/http://archivepyc.nbcolympics.com/news/who-are-gabriella-papadakis-and-guillaume-cizeron |url-status=dead }}</ref> *1996 – Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicolas Aube-Kubel |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/nicolas-aube-kubel-8477979 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League }}</ref> * 1996 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyus Jones Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones |website=ESPN |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422075121/https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1996 – Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Katerina Siniakova - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2248&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=EN |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529112716/http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2248&src=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1996 – Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Tuch |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/alex-tuch-8477949 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329203910/https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/alex-tuch-8477949 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1997 – Brittany Broski, American comedian and singer<ref>{{cite episode |title=Kombucha Girl is HOW OLD?! |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCroDT1-9Zk |series=Older Than / Younger Than |network=MTV Access |station=MTV |air-date=March 16, 2020 |number= |minutes= |transcript="I was born on May 10, 1997, which makes me 22, and a Taurus." |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229201658/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCroDT1-9Zk |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1997 – Richarlison, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richarlison Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/156799/richarlison |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229203007/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/156799/richarlison |url-status=live }}</ref> *2000 – Bae Jin-young, South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title='22번째 생일' CIX 배진영 "팬들 사랑에 마음이 몽글몽글…감사하다" [V라이브]|url=https://tvreport.co.kr/star/article/714371/|work=TV리포트|date=24 March 2023|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *2000 ‐ Nolan Gorman, American baseball player <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nolan Gorman Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/player/nolan-gorman-669357 |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *1299 – Theingapati, heir to the Pagan Kingdom<ref>{{cite book | last= Coedès | first= George | author-link= George Coedès | editor= Walter F. Vella | others= trans. Susan Brown Cowing | title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia| year= 1968 | publisher= University of Hawaii Press | isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref> *1403 – Katherine Swynford, widow of John of Gaunt<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas|title=History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover; and of the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred for Naval and Military Services|url=https://archive.org/details/historyoforderso03nico|year=1842|publisher=J. Hunter|pages=409–}}</ref> *1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1397)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Logan Allen|title=North American Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RGlz9a4wVYC&pg=PA146|year=1997|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-1015-9|pages=146–}}</ref> *1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1433)<ref>{{cite web |title=Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll {{!}} Clan Campbell |url=https://www.ccsna.org/colin-campbell-1st-earl-argyll |website=www.ccsna.org |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803213655/https://www.ccsna.org/colin-campbell-1st-earl-argyll |url-status=live }}</ref> *1521 – Sebastian Brant, German author (born 1457)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Brant {{!}} German poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sebastian-Brant |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803231736/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sebastian-Brant |url-status=live }}</ref> *1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (born 1501)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonhard Fuchs {{!}} German botanist and physician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonhard-Fuchs |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731021311/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonhard-Fuchs |url-status=live }}</ref> *1569 – John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (born 1500)<ref name=Avila>{{cite web |title=Saint John of Avila {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Writings |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-Avila |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519120801/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-Avila |url-status=live }}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (born 1596)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johan Banér {{!}} Swedish military officer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johan-Baner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712012531/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johan-Baner |url-status=live }}</ref> *1717 – John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (born 1641)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Arthur Meredyth |title=The Prominent Families of the United States of America |date=1991 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0-8063-1308-5 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-78JbUTUewC&pg=PA355 |language=en}}</ref> *1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (born 1670)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of Saint Albans {{!}} son of Charles II |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Beauclerk-1st-duke-of-Saint-Albans |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003235006/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Beauclerk-1st-duke-of-Saint-Albans |url-status=live }}</ref> *1774 – Louis XV, King of France (born 1710)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis XV {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, Wife, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602204948/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XV |url-status=live }}</ref> *1787 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (born 1715)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir William Watson {{!}} RCP Museum |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/sir-william-watson |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803232439/https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/sir-william-watson |url-status=live }}</ref> *1794 – Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (born 1764)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Of France {{!}} princess of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521183714/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-of-France |url-status=live }}</ref> *1798 – George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (born 1757)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Vancouver {{!}} Route, Facts, & Expeditions |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Vancouver |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527095339/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Vancouver |url-status=live }}</ref> *1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (born 1725)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau {{!}} French general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Baptiste-Donatien-de-Vimeur-comte-de-Rochambeau |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015053026/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Baptiste-Donatien-de-Vimeur-comte-de-Rochambeau |url-status=live }}</ref> *1818 – Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (born 1735)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Revere {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Revere |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420150506/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Revere |url-status=live }}</ref> *1829 – Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (born 1773)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Young {{!}} Double-Slit Experiment, Biography, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Young |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829001636/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Young |url-status=live }}</ref> *1849 – Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (born 1760)<ref>{{cite book |title=Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna |date=2011 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1-61535-516-7 |page=1289 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YficAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1289 |language=es}}</ref> *1863 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (born 1824)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stonewall Jackson {{!}} Biography, Battles, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stonewall-Jackson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416180430/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stonewall-Jackson |url-status=live }}</ref> *1865 – William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (born 1782)<ref name="Munske 2004 46">{{cite book |editor-last1 = Munske |editor-first1 = Roberta R. |editor-last2 = Kerns |editor-first2 = Wilmer L. |year = 2004 |title = Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1754–2004 |publisher = The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee |location = Romney, West Virginia |isbn = 978-0-9715738-2-6 |oclc = 55983178|page=46}}</ref><ref name="Congress 1">{{cite web | url = https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000284 | title = Armstrong, William (1782–1865) | work = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing and United States Government Publishing Office | access-date = October 14, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200805112719/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000284 | archive-date = August 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Leps 1865 1">{{cite book |title = A Funeral Discourse, by the Rev. Jas. H. Leps, at Romney, West Va. on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William Armstrong, Who Died at New Creek Station, West Va. on the 10th May, 1865. | last = Leps | first = James H. |year = 1865 |publisher = John W. Woods, Printer |location = Baltimore |oclc = 652541197|page=1}}</ref> *1868 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (born 1808)<ref>{{cite book |title=American Political Leaders 1789-2009 |date=2009 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4522-6726-5 |page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktR1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 |language=en}}</ref> *1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1826)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov {{!}} Russian author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Yevgrafovich-Graf-Saltykov |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803232500/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Yevgrafovich-Graf-Saltykov |url-status=live }}</ref> *1891 – Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (born 1817)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli {{!}} Swiss botanist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Wilhelm-von-Nageli |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506010158/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Wilhelm-von-Nageli |url-status=live }}</ref> *1891 – Peter Ward, New York politician (born 1827)<ref name="NYDT-Obit">{{Cite news |date=1891-05-11 |title=Obituary: Peter Ward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-obituary-for-peter-ward/176530669/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |work=New-York Daily Tribune |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (born 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andres Bonifacio {{!}} Filipino political leader |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andres-Bonifacio |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921113505/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andres-Bonifacio |url-status=live }}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1826)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanislao Cannizzaro {{!}} Italian chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislao-Cannizzaro |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803181331/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislao-Cannizzaro |url-status=live }}</ref> *1945 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (born 1889)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rawson |first1=Andrew |title=Auschwitz: The Nazi Solution |date=2015 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-4738-5529-8 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zegBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT76 |language=en}}</ref> * 1945 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (born 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Konrad Henlein {{!}} Sudeten-German politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-Henlein |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528140541/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-Henlein |url-status=live }}</ref> *1950 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (born 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Belle da Costa Greene {{!}} American librarian and bibliographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Belle-da-Costa-Greene |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 July 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724103235/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Belle-da-Costa-Greene |url-status=live }}</ref> *1960 – Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yury Karlovich Olesha {{!}} Russian author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yury-Karlovich-Olesha |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619141508/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yury-Karlovich-Olesha |url-status=live }}</ref> *1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (born 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chilvers |first1=Ian |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists |date=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-102417-7 |page=747 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFExDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT747 |language=en}}</ref> *1965 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1894)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=388 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA388 |language=en}}</ref> *1968 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (born 1929)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Willis |first1=John |title=Screen World: 1969 |date=1969 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=978-0-8196-0310-4 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1LnvFcRzfQC&pg=PA232 |language=en}}</ref> *1974 – Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (born 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hal Mohr |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa5178f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926081521/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa5178f |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Crawford {{!}} Biography, Films, Mommie Dearest, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Crawford |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522031035/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Crawford |url-status=live }}</ref> *1982 – Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (born 1916)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jolly |first1=Margaretta |title=Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-78744-7 |page=932 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pedJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA932 |language=en}}</ref> *1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (born 1902)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zhou |first1=Gang |last2=Chen |first2=Sihe |last3=Xinying |first3=Zhang |last4=Kinkley |first4=Jeffrey C. |title=Routledge Companion to Shen Congwen |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-25370-3 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgWcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 |language=en}}</ref> *1989 – Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer (born 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jankovič |first1=Vojtech |title=Osobnosti: Dominik Tatarka (1913 – 1989) - www.postoveznamky.sk |url=https://www.postoveznamky.sk/osobnosti-dominik-tatarka-1913-1989 |website=Informacny filatelisticky portal www.postoveznamky.sk |access-date=14 August 2023 |language=Slovak |archive-date=14 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814115510/https://www.postoveznamky.sk/osobnosti-dominik-tatarka-1913-1989 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1990 – Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |title=Walker Percy {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walker-Percy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803183943/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walker-Percy |url-status=live }}</ref> *1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Wayne Gacy {{!}} Biography, Murders, Execution, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wayne-Gacy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027161127/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wayne-Gacy |url-status=live }}</ref> *1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (born 1930)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cullinan |first1=Bernice E. |last2=Person |first2=Diane Goetz |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature |date=2005 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-1778-7 |page=719 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LyutQg6mroC&pg=PA719 |language=en}}</ref> *2000 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1923)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice |date=2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-155344-8 |page=296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioJoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA296 |language=en}}</ref> * 2000 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (born 1915)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Stephen |title=The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12: 12 |date=2012 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-78033-712-8 |page=268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1maeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT268 |language=en}}</ref> *2001 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (born 1934)<ref>{{cite news |title=Fadnavis 4th CM from Vidarbha {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Fadnavis-4th-CM-from-Vidarbha/articleshow/44965047.cms |website=The Times of India |date=29 October 2014 |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022014514/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Fadnavis-4th-CM-from-Vidarbha/articleshow/44965047.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> *2002 – Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaifi Azmi {{!}} Indian poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaifi-Azmi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002192426/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaifi-Azmi |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Obituary: Yves RObert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/14/guardianobituaries1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 May 2020 |date=14 May 2002}}</ref> *2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (born 1937)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Felice |first1=Gino Di |title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3361-9 |page=349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA349 |language=en}}</ref> *2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Latin Grammy Winner Soraya Dies At 37 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latin-grammy-winner-soraya-dies-at-37/#app |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=10 May 2006 |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003507/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latin-grammy-winner-soraya-dies-at-37/#app |url-status=live }}</ref> *2008 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Conno |first1=Patrick |title=Obituary: Leyla Gencer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/13/turkey |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |date=12 May 2008 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516130041/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/13/turkey |url-status=live }}</ref> *2010 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Frazetta: Influential artist who worked on the 'Conan the Barbarian, 'Tarzan' and 'Li'l Abner' comics|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/frank-frazetta-influential-artist-who-worked-on-the-lsquoconan-the-barbarianrsquo-lsquotarzanrsquo-2030288.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/frank-frazetta-influential-artist-who-worked-on-the-lsquoconan-the-barbarianrsquo-lsquotarzanrsquo-2030288.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 July 2010}}</ref> *2012 – Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Urquhart |first1=Conal |title=Horst Faas dies aged 79 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/11/vietnam-war-photographer-horst-faas |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=10 May 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Henry |first1=Alan |title=Carroll Shelby obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/13/carroll-shelby |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=13 May 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vat |first1=Dan van der |title=Gunnar Sønsteby obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/22/gunnar-sonsteby |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=22 May 2012}}</ref> *2015 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Burden obituary {{!}} Performance art |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/14/chris-burden |website=The Guardian |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=18 May 2020 |last1=Bewley |first1=Jon |last2=Tarbuck |first2=Jonty }}</ref> *2018 – David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Scientist David Goodall, 104, 'content' ahead of assisted suicide |url=https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-david-goodall-104-content-ahead-of-assisted-suicide-11365470 |website=Sky News |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804061430/https://news.sky.com/story/scientist-david-goodall-104-content-ahead-of-assisted-suicide-11365470 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2019 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician and chemist (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minder |first1=Raphael |title=Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, 67, Dies; Helped End Basque Terrorism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/obituaries/alfredo-perez-rubalcaba-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=12 May 2019}}</ref> *2020 – Betty Wright, American soul singer (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/arts/music/betty-wright-dead.html|title=Betty Wright, Soul Singer Who Mentored a New Generation, Dies at 66|first=Rob|last=Tannenbaum|date=May 10, 2020|website=The New York Times|access-date=August 24, 2021|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200511055403/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/arts/music/betty-wright-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2021 – Pauline Tinsley, British soprano (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-14|title=Pauline Tinsley obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/14/pauline-tinsley-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *2022 – Bob Lanier, American professional basketball player (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bob Lanier, a Dominant Center of the 1970s and '80s, Dies at 73 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |date=11 May 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/sports/basketball/bob-lanier-dead.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |issn=0362-4331 |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |archive-date=2022-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513000350/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/sports/basketball/bob-lanier-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2022 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Leonid Kravchuk obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/11/leonid-kravchuk-obituary |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034855/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/11/leonid-kravchuk-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2024 – Sam Rubin, American journalist (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |last2=J. Campa |first2=Andrew |last3=Winton |first3=Richard |date=2024-05-10 |title=Sam Rubin, KTLA journalist and longtime entertainment anchor, dies at 64 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-10/sam-rubin-dead-ktla-entertainment-anchor |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510201656/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-10/sam-rubin-dead-ktla-entertainment-anchor |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2024 – Jim Simons, American hedge fund manager, mathematician, and philanthropist (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=2024-05-10 |title=Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/dealbook/jim-simons-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2024-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511000540/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/dealbook/jim-simons-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== *Children's Day (Maldives)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maldives launches first-ever national child abuse prevention Campaign |url=https://www.unicef.org/rosa/press-releases/maldives-launches-first-ever-national-child-abuse-prevention-campaign-ahan-%E2%80%A6-listen |website=UNICEF |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521035629/https://www.unicef.org/rosa/press-releases/maldives-launches-first-ever-national-child-abuse-prevention-campaign-ahan-%E2%80%A6-listen |url-status=live }}</ref> *Christian feast day: **Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-66415-0 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 |language=en}}</ref> **Blessed Beatrice d'Este<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |location=Vatican City|pages=279-280 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/278/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=9 May 2026}}</ref> **Calepodius<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lapidge |first1=Michael |last2=Gneuss |first2=Helmut |last3=Press |first3=Cambridge University |title=Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies Presented to Peter Clemoes on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday |date=1985 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-25902-6 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mtilCChqhgC&pg=PA241 |language=en}}</ref> **Catald<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Burns |first2=Paul |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: February |date=1998 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-251-7 |page=202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuH5Uka64MUC&pg=PA202 |language=en}}</ref> **Comgall<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tristram |first1=Brother |title=Exciting Holiness |date=2013 |publisher=Canterbury Press |isbn=978-1-84825-365-0 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWmmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT158 |language=en}}</ref> **Damien of Molokai<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Damien of Molokai {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Damien-of-Molokai |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424041101/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Damien-of-Molokai |url-status=live }}</ref> **Blessed Ivan Merz<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Job (Roman Catholic Church)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haralambakis |first1=Maria |title=The Testament of Job: Text, Narrative and Reception History |date=2012 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-567-57558-6 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHXmsu3dzAC&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref> **John of Ávila<ref name=Avila /> **Solange of Bourges<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)<ref name=Trawicky>{{cite book |last1=Trawicky |first1=Bernard |title=Anniversaries and Holidays |date=2009 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0-8389-1004-7 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDbKexa1jfcC&pg=PA80 |language=en}}</ref> *Constitution Day (Micronesia)<ref>{{cite web |title=FSM Constitution day {{!}} WCPFC |url=https://www.wcpfc.int/node/33649 |website=www.wcpfc.int |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521143320/https://www.wcpfc.int/node/33649 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newell |first1=J. Philip |title=Each Day & Each Night: Celtic prayers from Iona |date=2003 |publisher=Wild Goose Publications |isbn=978-1-84952-043-0 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUdf1sVPE9oC&pg=PA96 |language=en}}</ref> celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. (Christianity)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Religions - Christianity: Pentecost |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/pentecost.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628212704/https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/pentecost.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> *Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah)<ref name=Trawicky /> *Mother's Day (Guatemala,<ref name=Trawicky /> and Mexico<ref>{{cite web |title=The origin of Mother's Day in Mexico |url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/05/the-origin-of-mothers-day-in-mexico/ |website=The Yucatan Times |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520013330/https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/05/the-origin-of-mothers-day-in-mexico/ |url-status=live |last1=Times |first1=Yucatan }}</ref>)
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==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603042226/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10 |date=2007-06-03 }} * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=10}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/10 Historical Events on May 10] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003213650/https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/10 |date=2020-10-03 }}
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