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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[28 BC]] &ndash; A [[sunspot]] is [[Science and technology of the Han dynasty#Astronomical observations|observed]] by [[Han dynasty]] [[Chinese astronomy|astronomers]] during the reign of [[Emperor Cheng of Han]], one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Xu|first1=Zhenoao|last2=Pankenier|first2=W.|last3=Jiang|first3=Yaotiao|title=East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Gordon and Beach Science Publishers|date=2000|isbn=905699302X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JatFvikiwQC|page=148}}</ref>
*[[1291]] &ndash; Scottish [[nobles]] recognize the authority of [[Edward I of England]] pending the selection of a king.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arnold-Baker |first1=Charles |title=The Companion to British History |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-40039-4 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75ZGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT214 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1294]] &ndash; [[Temür Khan|Temür]], [[Khagan]] of the [[Mongols]], is enthroned as Emperor of the [[Yuan dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowman|first=John Stewart|title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2000|isbn=9780231110051|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYoHOqC7Yx4C|page=38}}</ref>
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]] allegedly leaves [[Cádiz]] for his first voyage to the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoogenboom |first1=Lynn |title=Amerigo Vespucci: A Primary Source Biography |date=2005 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-4042-3037-8 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvP-m6EuU3UC&pg=PA10 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] visits the [[Cayman Islands]] and names them ''Las Tortugas'' after the numerous [[turtle]]s there.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Christopher A. |title=Between a Past and Present Consciousness: Critiques of the Development of the Caymanian People |date=2019 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-3651-7 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfqhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cartier]] visits [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marley |first1=David |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |date=1998 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-87436-837-6 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC&pg=PA52 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1688]] &ndash; King [[Narai]] nominates [[Phetracha]] as regent, leading to the [[Siamese revolution of 1688|revolution of 1688]] in which Phetracha becomes king of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyatt|first=David K.|title=Thailand: A Short History|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2004|isbn=9780300084757|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YBujWXwkakC|page=103|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=Baker|first1=Chris|last2=Phongpaichit|first2=Pasuk|title=A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2017|isbn=9781107190764|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8wnDwAAQBAJ|pages=167–172}}</ref>
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: The [[Russian Navy]] led by Admiral [[Fyodor Apraksin]] land both at [[Katajanokka]] and [[Hietalahti, Helsinki|Hietalahti]] during the [[Battle of Helsinki (1713)|Battle of Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Seppo|last=Aalto|title=Kruununkaupunki – Vironniemen Helsinki 1640–1721|publisher=[[Finnish Literature Society]]|location=Helsinki|year=2015|isbn=978-952-222-675-4|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; Rioting occurs in London after [[John Wilkes]] is imprisoned for writing an article for ''[[The North Briton]]'' severely criticizing [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Massacre of St George's Fields and the petition of William Allen - News from Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/petition-of-the-month/the-massacre-of-st-georges-fields-and-the-petition-of-william-allen-the-elder/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803215606/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/petition-of-the-month/the-massacre-of-st-georges-fields-and-the-petition-of-william-allen-the-elder/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1773]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Great Britain]] passes the [[Tea Act]], designed to save the [[British East India Company]] by reducing taxes on its [[tea]] and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the [[Boston Tea Party]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lynch|first=Timothy J.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780199759255|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-lMAgAAQBAJ|page=111}}</ref>
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] and [[Marie Antoinette]] become King and Queen of France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maior-Barron |first1=Denise |title=Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon: Heritage Interpretation and Visitor Perceptions |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-34508-8 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbJjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: A small Colonial militia led by [[Ethan Allen]] and Colonel [[Benedict Arnold]] [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga|captures Fort Ticonderoga]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Ticonderoga {{!}} American Revolution [1775] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Ticonderoga |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1775   &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The [[Second Continental Congress]] takes place in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1775 {{!}} Timeline {{!}} Articles and Essays {{!}} Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 {{!}} Digital Collections {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1775/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704175242/https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1775/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Napoleon]] wins a [[Battle of Lodi|victory]] against [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] forces at [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]] bridge over the [[Adda River, Italy|Adda River]] in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Lodi {{!}} Italian history [1796] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lodi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615004816/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Lodi |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[First Barbary War]]: The [[Barbary pirates]] of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] declare war on the United States of America.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy |url=https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/06/06a.htm |website=www.marinersmuseum.org |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209071325/https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/06/06a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; The [[National Gallery]] in London opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Gallery {{!}} museum, London, United Kingdom |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Gallery-museum-London |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810222834/https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Gallery-museum-London |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; A [[Le Van Khoi revolt|revolt]] broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor [[Minh Mang]], who had desecrated the deceased mandarin [[Le Van Duyet]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Huỳnh Minh|year=2006|title=Gia Định Xưa|place=[[Ho Chi Minh City]]|publisher=Văn Hóa-Thông Tin Publishing House|language=vi|page=133}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Panic of 1837]]: New York City banks suspend the payment of [[Coin|specie]], triggering a national banking crisis and an [[Depression (economics)|economic depression]] whose severity was not surpassed until the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pred|first=Allan R.|chapter=Large City Inter-Dependence and the Pre-electronic Diffusion of Innovations in the United States|title=New Urban History" Quantitative Explorations by American Historians|editor-last=Schnore|editor-first=Leo Francis|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2016|isbn=9780691645292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H559BgAAQBAJ|pages=72–73|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Howe|first=Daniel Walkeer|title='What Hath God Wrought': The Transformation of America, 1815-1848|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780195392432|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTzRCwAAQBAJ|pages=503–505}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web |title=When New York City Rioted Over Hamlet Being Too British |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516191648/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]: In India, the first war of Independence begins. [[Sepoy]]s mutiny against their commanding officers at [[Meerut]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Mutiny {{!}} History, Causes, Summary, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514063415/https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Kentucky]], Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate [[Quantrill's Raiders|raider]] [[William Quantrill]], who lingers until his death on [[June 6]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Metz |first1=Leon Claire |title=The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters |date=2002 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-3021-7 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BegmwZ3fuGUC&pg=PA200 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; The [[First transcontinental railroad]], linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at [[Promontory Summit]], [[Utah Territory]] with the [[golden spike]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=University |first1=Stanford |title=First Transcontinental Railroad and Stanford forever linked |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/08/first-transcontinental-railroad-stanford-forever-linked/ |website=Stanford News |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512082800/https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/08/first-transcontinental-railroad-stanford-forever-linked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Victoria Woodhull]] becomes the first woman nominated for [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreitner |first1=Richard |last2=Almanac |first2=The |title=May 10, 1872: Victoria Woodhull Is the First Woman Nominated for President |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/may-10-1872-victoria-woodhull-first-woman-nominated-president/ |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=10 May 2015 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803181328/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/may-10-1872-victoria-woodhull-first-woman-nominated-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The [[Centennial Exposition]] is opened in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Centennial Exposition {{!}} trade fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416175310/https://www.britannica.com/event/Philadelphia-Centennial-Exposition |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]] is crowned the [[King of Romania|King]] of the [[Kingdom of Romania|Romanian Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roe |first1=Paul |title=Ethnic Violence and the Societal Security Dilemma |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-27689-9 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxGAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA118 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; Finnish farmworker [[Karl Emil Malmelin]] kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of [[Klaukkala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/586573/articles/114554|title=Nurmijärwen murhamies renki Karl Emil Malmelin wangittu|website=Digikansalliskirjasto|publisher=[[Uusi Suometar]]|date=25 May 1899|accessdate=29 September 2021|language=fi|archive-date=1 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101124410/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/586573/articles/114554|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Keskisarja|first=Teemu|title= Kirves: Toivo Harald Koljosen rikos ja rangaistus|publisher=Siltala|date=2015|isbn=978-952-234-324-6|language=fi}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; The [[Horch|Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG]] is founded. It would eventually become the [[Audi]] company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horch - Dates in history |url=https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/horch-dates-in-history-2170 |website=Audi MediaCenter |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803193322/https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/horch-dates-in-history-2170 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Mother's Day]] is observed for the first time in the United States, in [[Grafton, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawes |first1=Joseph M. |last2=Shores |first2=Elizabeth F. |title=The Family in America: An Encyclopedia |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-232-5 |page=714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z55xx8_P08UC&pg=PA714 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; Sailing in the lifeboat [[Voyage of the James Caird|''James Caird'']], [[Ernest Shackleton]] arrives at [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|South Georgia]] after a journey of 800 nautical miles from [[Elephant Island]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Endurance expedition parties {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/shackleton-sea-parties |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194005/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/shackleton-sea-parties |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; The United States annexes the [[Kingman Reef]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Secretary |first1=United States Department of the Interior Office of the |title=Territorial Areas Administered by the United States |date=1973 |publisher=The Office |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHSyVaj2UUMC&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[J. Edgar Hoover]] is appointed first Director of the United States' [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), and remains so until his death in [[1972]].<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Edgar Hoover, May 10, 1924 - May 2, 1972 |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516115636/https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors/j-edgar-hoover |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Censorship]]: In Germany, the [[Nazism|Nazis]] stage [[Nazi book burnings|massive public book burnings]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Book Burning |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613223246/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of [[Freiburg]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Overy |first1=Richard |title=The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945 |date=2013 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-192782-4 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEcXfXoSdgwC&pg=PR355 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; World War II: [[Winston Churchill]] is appointed [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] following the resignation of [[Neville Chamberlain]]. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.<ref>{{cite book|author=karsten friedrich|title=The Cruel Slaughter of Adolf Hitler|date=February 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA8lAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|isbn=978-1-4467-9570-5|pages=7|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> Meanwhile, the United Kingdom [[Invasion of Iceland|occupies Iceland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Mann|title=British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941-45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsveKzz-2OsC&pg=PA12|date=19 November 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-21022-6|pages=12}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] in London is damaged by the [[Luftwaffe]] in an [[airstrike|air raid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - The Debate Continues, London Burning, and Reconstructed - 10 May 1941 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t92cg/p00t8yfd |website=BBC |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321172733/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t92cg/p00t8yfd |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: [[Rudolf Hess]] parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handwerk |first1=Brian |title=Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the Middle of World War II? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-we-ever-know-why-nazi-leader-rudolf-hess-flew-scotland-middle-world-war-ii-180959040/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817030330/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-we-ever-know-why-nazi-leader-rudolf-hess-flew-scotland-middle-world-war-ii-180959040/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The Thai [[Phayap Army]] invades the [[Shan States]] during the [[Burma Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yenne |first1=Bill |title=The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941–42 |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-78200-981-8 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZGqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; First successful launch of an American [[V-2 rocket]] at [[White Sands Missile Range|White Sands Proving Ground]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Galison |first1=Peter |last2=Galison |first2=Joseph Pellegrino University Professor Peter |title=Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics |date=1997 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-27917-6 |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Gcu92U8CwYC&pg=PA269 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 406]] is destroyed by a bomb over the [[Sahara]], killing 78.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1649A Starliner F-BHBM Edjele |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610510-0 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-date=2022-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510033031/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610510-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Marvel Comics]] publishes the first issue of ''[[Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sergi |first1=Joe |title=The Law for Comic Book Creators: Essential Concepts and Applications |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1733-6 |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k42oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA171 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Northrop M2-F2]] crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel ''[[Cyborg (novel)|Cyborg]]'' and TV series ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Michelle |title=The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings Into Space |date=2020 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-1-4962-1168-2 |page=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=467aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT398 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The Battle of [[Dong Ap Bia]] begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as [[Battle of Hamburger Hill|Hamburger Hill]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Climbing Hamburger Hill 50 years after the Vietnam War's brutal, haunting battle |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/10/climbing-hamburger-hill-years-after-vietnam-wars-brutal-haunting-battle/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/10/climbing-hamburger-hill-years-after-vietnam-wars-brutal-haunting-battle/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Sony]] introduces the [[Betamax]] [[videocassette recorder]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gomery |first1=Douglas |last2=Pafort-Overduin |first2=Clara |title=Movie History: A Survey: Second Edition |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-83524-7 |page=925 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5i-tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT925 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; In [[Thailand]], a [[Kader Toy Factory fire|fire at the Kader Toy Factory]] kills over 200 workers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai Factory Fire's 200 Victims Were Locked Inside, Guards Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/world/thai-factory-fire-s-200-victims-were-locked-inside-guards-say.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=12 May 1993 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903001338/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/world/thai-factory-fire-s-200-victims-were-locked-inside-guards-say.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Nelson Mandela]] is inaugurated as South Africa's first black [[President of South Africa|president]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black president |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10/newsid_2661000/2661503.stm |website=BBC |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=10 May 1994 |archive-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513191619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/10/newsid_2661000/2661503.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; A blizzard strikes [[Mount Everest]], [[1996 Mount Everest disaster|killing eight climbers]] by the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dahlberg |first1=John-Thor |last2=Adhikary |first2=Dhruba |date=1996-05-15 |title=Climbing Veterans Call Everest Deaths Inevitable |language=en-US |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-15-mn-4341-story.html |access-date=2020-05-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=2023-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415082508/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-15-mn-4341-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; The 7.3 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] [[1997 Qayen earthquake|Qayen earthquake]] strikes [[Iran]]'s [[Khorasan Province]] killing 1,567 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stoddard |first1=Katy |title=All the deadliest and strongest earthquakes since 1900, including coordinates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/feb/28/deadliest-earthquakes-strongest-data |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=13 January 2010}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; FBI agent [[Robert Hanssen]] is sentenced to [[Life without parole|life imprisonment without the possibility of parole]] for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4&nbsp;million in cash and diamonds.<ref>{{cite web |title=CNN.com - Turncoat FBI agent Hanssen to be sentenced - May 10, 2002 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/05/09/hanssen.sentenced/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804025838/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/05/09/hanssen.sentenced/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; A [[hand grenade]] thrown by [[Vladimir Arutyunian]] lands about {{convert|60|ft|m|disp=out|-1}} from U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] while he is giving a speech to a crowd in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], but it malfunctions and does not detonate.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spignesi |first1=Stephen |title=In the Crosshairs: Famous Assassinations and Attempts from Julius Caesar to John Lennon |date=2016 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5107-1303-1 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWSCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[10 May 2012 Damascus bombings|Damascus bombings]] are carried out using a pair of [[car bomb]]s detonated by [[suicide bombers]] outside a military intelligence complex in [[Damascus]], Syria, killing 55 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |last2=Whitaker |first2=Brian |title=Syria: Damascus explosions - Thursday 10 May |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/may/10/syria-damascus-explosions-live |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |date=10 May 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308194105/http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/may/10/syria-damascus-explosions-live |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[One World Trade Center]] becomes the tallest building in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Spire Intact, World Trade Center Stretches To 1,776 Feet |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182832901/spire-intact-world-trade-center-stretches-to-1-776-feet?t=1588335130294 |website=NPR.org |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517133734/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182832901/spire-intact-world-trade-center-stretches-to-1-776-feet?t=1588335130294 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) capture the last footholds of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) in [[Al-Thawrah|Al-Tabqah]], bringing the [[Battle of Tabqa]] to an end.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/05/10/Syrian-milita-nears-full-capture-of-Tabqa-city-dam/8741494436712/|title=Syrian milita nears full capture of Tabqa city, dam|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707041409/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/05/10/Syrian-milita-nears-full-capture-of-Tabqa-city-dam/8741494436712/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-tabqa-idUSKBN1862E4|title=U.S.-backed Syria militias say Tabqa, dam captured from Islamic State|date=10 May 2017|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510231920/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-tabqa-idUSKBN1862E4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=AFP, Beirut |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/05/10/US-backed-forces-seize-Syria-s-Tabqa-nearby-dam-monitor.html |title=US-backed forces seize Syria's Tabqa, dam from ISIS |date=10 May 2017 |publisher=Al Arabiya English |access-date=2018-07-06 |archive-date=2017-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513120012/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/05/10/US-backed-forces-seize-Syria-s-Tabqa-nearby-dam-monitor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Queen Elizabeth II]] misses the [[2022 State Opening of Parliament|State Opening of Parliament]] for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as [[Counsellors of State]].<ref>{{cite news|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/05/10/prince-william-counsellors-state-queens-speech-state-opening/|date=10 May 2022|title=Queen's Speech: Why Prince William is attending State Opening of Parliament|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=12 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612154417/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/05/10/prince-william-counsellors-state-queens-speech-state-opening/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; Start of the [[May 2024 solar storms|May 2024 Solar Storms]], the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the [[2003 Halloween solar storms]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Friday night the sky danced, and we'll be talking about it for years to come. The great aurora of 10 May 2024 |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.skyatnightmagazine.com |date=12 May 2024 |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531152355/https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>