May 10 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 10
In the headlines today:

2007	British prime minister Tony Blair announces his resignation, effective June 27.
1996	Fourteen people die when a pair of Marine Corps helicopters collide at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a training exercise.
1994	Serial killer John Wayne Gacy is put to death by lethal injection at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, IL, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
1985	Two-time Indy 500 winner Gordon Johncock announces his retirement from auto racing.
1981	Socialist party candidate François Mitterrand wins the French presidential election, beating incumbent Valery Giscard d'Estaing.
1969	The American Football League announces plans to merge with the National Football League, starting with the 1970-71 season.
1968	The Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a high level.
1940	Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain, following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
1933	The Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany.
1924	J. Edgar Hoover starts his job as FBI Director.
1871	The Treaty of Frankfurt ends the Franco-Prussian War.
1865	Union forces capture Confederate president Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Georgia, in one of the last acts of the American Civil War.
1818	Paul Revere, American patriot known for his horseback ride warning colonists of the British invasion, dies in Boston.
1774	Louis XVI becomes King of France.
1534	The coast of Newfoundland is sighted by Jacques Cartier.

Born today:

1966 Jason Brooks - actor

1965 Krist Novoselic - rock bassist (Nirvana)

1960 Bono - singer (U2)

1947 Jay Ferguson - singer (Spirit)

1946 Donovan - singer

1946 Dave Mason - guitarist, singer

1946 Jimmy Ponder - jazz guitarist

1945 Graham Gouldman - guitarist, singer (10cc)

1944 Jim Abrahams - screenwriter, film director

1941 Danny Rapp - singer (Danny and the Juniors)

1938 Manuel Santana - tennis player, hall of famer

1938 Henry Fambrough - singer (The Spinners)

1937 Arthur Kopit - playwright

1936 Gary Owens - radio, TV announcer (Laugh In)

1935 Larry Williams - singer

1930 Pat Summerall - football kicker, sportscaster

1921 Nancy Walker - actress

1914 Charles McGraw - actor

1909 Mother Maybelle Carter - guitarist (The Carter Family)

1902 David O. Selznick - movie producer

1899 Fred Astaire - dancer, actor

1899 Dimitri Tiomkin - film score conductor, composer

1730 George Ross, Declaration of Independence signer

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Taurus

(The Bull)