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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 10, 1849, Astor Opera House in Manhattan was the unlikely scene of another of those goofy named riots we keep telling you about. On May 10, 1865, Union troops ambushed, shot and captured infamous Confederate raider William Quantrill. On May 10, 1865, President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, was captured by Federal troops in Georgia. Many Americans…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 9, 1671, Anglo-Irish Thomas Blood dressed up as a parson and attempted to steal the Crown Jewels of England. On May 9, 1865, the American Civil War ended, or did it? On May 9, 1926, Richard E. Byrd claimed to have made a flight over the North Pole, making him (the navigator) and his pilot the first men to have…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 8, 1794, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, the man generally regarded as the Father of Modern Chemistry, was put to death on the guillotine during the Reign of Terror period of the French Revolution. On May 8, 1877, the first of what has become perhaps the best known dog show in the world took place in New York City’s Gilmore Garden (later…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 7, 1429, Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans, pulled an arrow out of her own shoulder and went back to fighting, leading the final charge that lifted the Siege of Orleans. On May 7, 1664, King Louis XIV of France began construction on the Palace of Versailles, one of the most iconic structures in the world and the symbol…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 6, 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, banning any further immigration of Chinese workers to the United States for the next 10 years. On May 6, 1941, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt made its first flight, a maiden flight that would eventually see over 16,000 of the mighty fighter aircraft built, more than any other…