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May 10: Day of the Week
May 10, 2024 was the 131st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 235 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 10 Historical Event(s)
1497
Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1768
John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1796
First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1833
The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet by Emperor Minh Mang provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
1877
Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu’s Declaration of Independence. This act is recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
1924
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
1940
World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
1940
World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
1946
First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1994
Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
Who were born on May 10?
1755
Robert Gray, American sea captain (d. 1806)
1868
Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
1876
Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)
1915
Sir Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
1944
Jim Abrahams, American film director
1947
Caroline Cooney, American author
1969
John Scalzi, American writer
1975
Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1978
Kenan Thompson, American actor
1992
Zia Marquez, Filipino actress
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