Interesting things that happened May 10th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, pioneer in optics
In 1899 Fred Astaire, dancer, actor (Showboat, Towering Inferno)
In 1902 David O. Selznick, film producer.
In 1918 T. Berry Brazelton (in Waco, TX), pediatrician, author
In 1921 Nancy Walker (in Philadelphia, PA), actor (Rhoda, etc.)
In 1930 George Allen "Pat" Summerall, US football player, s****tscaster
In 1941 Taurean Blacque, actor (Hill Street Blues)
In 1960 Bono, musician (U2)
Events worth noting:
+ Native American Day
In 1752 Benjamin Franklin first tests the lightning rod.
In 1775 Second Continental Congress convened in PA and issues paper
currency
for first time.
+ Col. Ethan Allen captured Ft Ticonderoga, NY.
In 1823 First steamboat to ascend the Mississippi River arrives at Fort
Snelling, Minnesota.
In 1863 Gen. Stonewall Jackson dies from wounds received at
Chancellorsville.
In 1869 With the Driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Point, Utah,
the
Transcontinential Railroad is completed.
In 1913 Yanks commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings.
In 1923 J. Edgar Hoover became head of the FBI.
In 1928 WGY Schenectady began regular TV programming.
In 1930 1st US planetarium to open to the public - Adler Planetarium,
Chicago.
In 1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as Prime
Minister.
In 1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand
Slam.
In 1960 The USS Nautilus completes the first cir***navigation of the
globe
under water.
In 1969 Apollo 10 transmits 1st color pictures of Earth from space.
In 1971 US Special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60.
In 1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4.
In 1978 Rome police find body of murdered former prime minister Aldo
Moro.
And remember ...
National Hamburger Month
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