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    This Day in History on May 10th

    History and Headlines contributorsBy History and Headlines contributorsMay 10, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    May 10th

    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 in the North consider Jeff Davis to be the worst kind of traitor, while many Americans in the old Confederacy drive around with bumper stickers that read “My President is Jeff Davis.”

    On May 10, 1899, a farmworker in Finland hacked seven people to death with an axe, proving once again that murderers do not necessarily need a firearm to inflict mayhem on the innocent public.

    On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover, only 29 years old, was appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation, the agency that became the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    On May 10, 1940, the United Kingdom invaded Iceland without the permission of the government of Iceland.

    On May 10, 1941, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, third in command of Nazi Germany to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, some of history’s most evil people, parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to get Britain to make peace with Germany.

    On May 10, 1946, at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico the US Army made the first successful launch of a German designed V-2 rocket, the same sort of weapon the Germans had used to terrorize England and Holland during World War II.

    On May 10, 1967, an experimental “lifting body” aircraft created by Northrup for NASA, the M2-F2, made its 16th and final flight, crashing into the dry lake bed on the desert floor, ruining the aircraft and severely injuring the pilot, Bruce Peterson.

    On May 10, 1972, the mighty Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka, ‘Warthog’) made its first flight.

    On May 10, 2013, almost 12 years after the tragic terrorist events of September 11, 2001, a new One World Trade Center skyscraper under construction on the site of the former twin towers became once again, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

    Superhero film fans of John Carroll University had their chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Deadpool 2 on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 4:30 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio!

    Question for students (and subscribers): Which event that occurred on today’s date would you like to learn more about?  Please let us know in the comments section below this article.

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    Historical Evidence

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    Andrews, John and Matt Baker.  Timeline of World History.  Thunder Bay Press, 2020.

    You can also watch video versions of this article on YouTube.

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