May 10 in history
Events on May 10
Notable events that happened on May 10 in past years.
- 2024
Start of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
Wikipedia article: May 2024 solar storms - 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.
Wikipedia article: 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings - 1996
A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
Wikipedia article: Mount Everest - 1969
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1946
First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
Wikipedia article: V-2 rocket - 1940
World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1922
The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
Wikipedia article: Kingman Reef - 1899
Finnish farmworker Karl Emil Malmelin kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of Klaukkala.
Wikipedia article: Karl Emil Malmelin - 1872
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
Wikipedia article: Victoria Woodhull - 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.
Wikipedia article: Astor Place Riot - 1801
First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
Wikipedia article: First Barbary War - 1774
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
Wikipedia article: Louis XVI - 1688
King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Wikipedia article: Narai - 1497
Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
- 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.
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