Given the various Lusitania/VE Day/spacewalk threads here are some other things that happened on 10MAY in history.
The Tea Act was passed by the British parliment, taxing all tea in the American colonies. This was mainly done to save the financially troubled East India Company.
"Stonewall" Jackson died
The USA begins it's first foreign war when the Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war.
The Great Rebellion in India began.
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah.
German Nazis began their book buring programme
Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister for the first time. A year later the Houses of Parliment were destroyed during the London Blitz.
The Centennial Fair opened in Philadelphia. It was the first World's Fair to be officially held in the United States. More than ten million visitors wandered the kilometres of halls and more than 250 buildings constructed in a 110 hectare section of Fairmount Park, overlooking the Schuylkill River. Amongst the highlights and firsts of the exhibition were: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Remington Typographic Machine (the first typewriter), Heinz Tomato Ketchup, the first automatic screw-making machine, Braxton’s early internal combustion engine, Line-Wolf Ammonia Compressor (for ice-making and cooling), a selection of Krupp’s cannon and much more. It was also the first World’s Fair to have a woman’s pavilion. The exhibition was responsible for the ‘Colonial Revival’ era in American architecture and furnishings and the popularisation of the Kudzu vine as a method to prevent soil erosion.
The first US Navy ship, the "United States," was launched.
Other firsts include the first woman called to the Bar in England (Dr. Ivy Williams), the first meeting of the Russian Duma and the first aerial display (at Hendon).
It is the birth date of John Wilkes Booth, Frederick Austerlitz (aka Fred Astaire), John Simon Ritchie (akaSid Viscous) and Paul Hewson (aka Bono).
Anything I missed?
The Tea Act was passed by the British parliment, taxing all tea in the American colonies. This was mainly done to save the financially troubled East India Company.
"Stonewall" Jackson died
The USA begins it's first foreign war when the Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war.
The Great Rebellion in India began.
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah.
German Nazis began their book buring programme
Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister for the first time. A year later the Houses of Parliment were destroyed during the London Blitz.
The Centennial Fair opened in Philadelphia. It was the first World's Fair to be officially held in the United States. More than ten million visitors wandered the kilometres of halls and more than 250 buildings constructed in a 110 hectare section of Fairmount Park, overlooking the Schuylkill River. Amongst the highlights and firsts of the exhibition were: Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Remington Typographic Machine (the first typewriter), Heinz Tomato Ketchup, the first automatic screw-making machine, Braxton’s early internal combustion engine, Line-Wolf Ammonia Compressor (for ice-making and cooling), a selection of Krupp’s cannon and much more. It was also the first World’s Fair to have a woman’s pavilion. The exhibition was responsible for the ‘Colonial Revival’ era in American architecture and furnishings and the popularisation of the Kudzu vine as a method to prevent soil erosion.
The first US Navy ship, the "United States," was launched.
Other firsts include the first woman called to the Bar in England (Dr. Ivy Williams), the first meeting of the Russian Duma and the first aerial display (at Hendon).
It is the birth date of John Wilkes Booth, Frederick Austerlitz (aka Fred Astaire), John Simon Ritchie (akaSid Viscous) and Paul Hewson (aka Bono).
Anything I missed?
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