Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 10
This is a list of selected May 10 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Photo of a sunspot -
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Victoria Woodhull -
J. Edgar Hoover in 1961 -
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A replica of the "golden spike" used to complete the First Transcontinental Railroad -
Golden Spike Ceremony -
National Gallery, London
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| ; Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia | refimprove |
| Mother's Day in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico | refimprove section |
| 1503 – Christopher Columbus and his crew became the first Europeans to visit the Cayman Islands, naming them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there. | lead too short |
| 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Delegates from the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to convene the Second Continental Congress, which would serve as the de facto national government of the future United States. | refimprove section |
| 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. consulate. | Saved for June 10 |
| 1857 – The Indian Rebellion against the East India Company's rule began. | refimprove section |
| 1872 – Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated as a candidate for President of the United States. | unreferenced section |
| 1893 – For trade purposes under the Tariff Act of 1883, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable instead of a fruit. | refimprove section |
| 1940 – Second World War: A British force of 746 troops invaded and captured Iceland without opposition. | refimprove section |
| 1981 – François Mitterrand was elected to be the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic. | refimprove section |
| 1994 - Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black President, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. | appears on February 11 |
Eligible
- 28 BC – The first recorded observation of a sunspot was made by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small force of American Patriots led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captured, without significant injury or incident, the small British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
- 1824 – The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in the former townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein.
- 1837 – Banks in New York City suspended specie payments, triggering a seven-year recession in the United States.
- 1869 – The Golden Spike Ceremony was held at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States between the Missouri and Sacramento Rivers.
- 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the Bureau of Investigation, which would later become the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- 1941 – World War II: Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom.
- 1994 – American serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection for the murders of twelve teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978.
- 2013 – The final component of the spire of One World Trade Center in New York City was installed, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Notes
- Norway Debate appears on May 7, so Neville Chamberlain should not appear in the same year
May 10: Pesach Sheni (Judaism, 2017); Independence Day in Romania (1877)
- 1833 – Lê Văn Khôi broke out of prison to start a revolt against Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng, primarily to avenge the desecration of the grave of his adoptive father Lê Văn Duyệt, former viceroy of the southern part of Vietnam.
- 1849 – A personal dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready in New York City devolved into a riot that left at least 25 dead and more than 120 injured.
- 1940 – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (pictured) resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor.
- 1997 – A 7.3 Mw earthquake struck Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring more than 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying more than 15,000 homes.
- 2005 – Armenian Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate US President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.
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