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===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>