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May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina) [240] Constitution Day [241] Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; [242] celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. (Christianity) [243] Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah) [240]
1996 – A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit. 2003 – Record shattering tornado activity during the May 2003 tornado outbreak ...
Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History; Internet Movie Database: This Day in Movie History
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
10 May 10, 1947 (Saturday) 11 May 11, 1947 (Sunday) ... It was the worst commercial aviation disaster in United States history at the time, although this record only ...
[10] 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. [11] 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California. [12] 1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor. [13]
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Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. 1929 – The 7.2 M w Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.