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[[Image:First Transcontinental Rail.jpg|right|100x100px|the Jupiter, which carried Leland Stanford to the Golden Spike Ceremony]] |
[[Image:First Transcontinental Rail.jpg|right|100x100px|the Jupiter, which carried Leland Stanford to the Golden Spike Ceremony]] |
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[[Image:TranscontinentalPoster.jpeg|right|100x100px|Trans-continental railway poster]] |
[[Image:TranscontinentalPoster.jpeg|right|100x100px|Trans-continental railway poster]] |
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[[Image:Arthur-Neville-Chamberlain.jpg|100x100px|Neville Chamberlain]] |
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[[Image:Winston Churchill.jpg|100x100px|Winston Churchill]] |
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[[Image:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg|100x100px|J. Edgar Hoover in 1961]] |
[[Image:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg|100x100px|J. Edgar Hoover in 1961]] |
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[[Image:Jedgarh.jpe|100x100px|J. Edgar Hoover in 1935]] |
[[Image:Jedgarh.jpe|100x100px|J. Edgar Hoover in 1935]] |
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{{*mp}} [[1768]] - '''[[John Wilkes]]''' was [[prison|imprisoned]] for criticising [[British monarch|King]] [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], sparking [[riot]]s in [[London]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1768]] - '''[[John Wilkes]]''' was [[prison|imprisoned]] for criticising [[British monarch|King]] [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], sparking [[riot]]s in [[London]]. |
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'''[[May 10]]''': '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in various countries, [[Constitution Day]] in the '''[[Federated States of Micronesia]]'''. |
'''[[May 10]]''': '''[[Mother's Day]]''' in various countries, [[Constitution Day]] in the '''[[Federated States of Micronesia]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1503]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] and his crew became the first [[Europe]]ans to visit the '''[[Cayman Islands]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1503]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] and his crew became the first [[Europe]]ans to visit the '''[[Cayman Islands]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1857]] - The '''[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Sepoy Rebellion]]''' broke out in [[colonial India]], threatening the [[Company rule in India|rule]] of the [[British East India Company]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1857]] - The '''[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Sepoy Rebellion]]''' broke out in [[colonial India]], threatening the [[Company rule in India|rule]] of the [[British East India Company]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1869]] - The '''[[First Transcontinental Railroad]]''' of [[North America]] was completed with a '''[[golden spike]]''' ceremony. |
{{*mp}} [[1869]] - The '''[[First Transcontinental Railroad]]''' of [[North America]] was completed with a '''[[golden spike]]''' ceremony. |
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{{*mp}} [[1924]] - '''[[J. Edgar Hoover]]''' became director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|U.S. Bureau of Investigation]].<!--BOI, not FBI till 1935.--> |
{{*mp}} [[1924]] - '''[[J. Edgar Hoover]]''' ''(pictured)'' became director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|U.S. Bureau of Investigation]].<!--BOI, not FBI till 1935.--> |
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{{*mp}} [[1940]] - [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] '''[[Neville Chamberlain]]' |
{{*mp}} [[1940]] - [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] '''[[Neville Chamberlain]]''' of the [[United Kingdom]] resigned and formally recommended '''[[Winston Churchill]]''' as his successor. |
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Recent days: [[May 9]] – [[May 8]] – [[May 7]] |
Recent days: [[May 9]] – [[May 8]] – [[May 7]] |
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Revision as of 17:01, 10 May 2007
May 10: Mother's Day in various countries, Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- 1503 - Christopher Columbus and his crew became the first Europeans to visit the Cayman Islands.
- 1857 - The Sepoy Rebellion broke out in colonial India, threatening the rule of the British East India Company.
- 1869 - The First Transcontinental Railroad of North America was completed with a golden spike ceremony.
- 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover (pictured) became director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation.
- 1940 - Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor.