May 10th, 1303

Born on May 10th, 1303

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 10th?

May 10th, 2017

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by the U.S. military, captured the Tabqa Dam and surrounding countryside, completing the Battle of Tabqa.

May 10th, 2013

One World Trade Center (pictured) in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a height of 1,776 feet (541 m).

May 10th, 2005

Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. president George W. Bush and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.

May 10th, 1994

American serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection for the murders of twelve teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978.

May 10th, 1941

World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the British government.

May 10th, 1940

World War II: German forces commenced their invasion of Belgium.

May 10th, 1916

Ernest Shackleton and five companions arrived at South Georgia, completing a 1,300 km (800 mi) lifeboat voyage over 16 days to obtain rescue for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

May 10th, 1833

Siamese–Vietnamese wars: Lê Văn Khôi escaped from prison to begin a revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, primarily to avenge his adoptive father, Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt.

May 10th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: A small force of Patriots led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga (depicted) in New York, without significant injury or incident.

May 10th, 1627

Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts was appointed governor of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) by the Dutch East India Company.

January 1st, 1970

Chinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of a sunspot.

May 10th, 1933

Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

May 10th, 1924

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.

May 10th, 1922

The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.

May 10th, 1916

Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 10th?

36

Steffi Annys

Badminton player

*May 10th, 1988, De Panne

29

Aya Nakamura

Malian and French singer and songwriter (born 1995)

*May 10th, 1995, Bamako

54

Anton Dostler

German general

*May 10th, 1891, Munich †December 1st, 1945, Aversa

65

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

95

Eva Henning

Swedish actress (1920-2016)

*May 10th, 1920, Newark †April 18th, 2016, Oslo

66

Rick Santorum

American politician and commentator (born 1958)

*May 10th, 1958, Winchester

53

Louis-Nicolas Davout

Marshal of France (1770-1823)

*May 10th, 1770, Annoux †June 1st, 1823, Paris

80

Heydar Aliyev

Soviet and Azerbaijani politician (1923–2003)

*May 10th, 1923, Nakhchivan †December 12th, 2003, Cleveland

51

Gustav Stresemann

German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)

*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin

91

Françoise Fabian

French actress

*May 10th, 1933, Algiers

88

Fred Astaire

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

60

Emmanuelle Devos

French actress

*May 10th, 1964, Puteaux

55

Dennis Bergkamp

Dutch association football player

*May 10th, 1969, Amsterdam

47

Hugo Silva

Actor

*May 10th, 1977, Madrid

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

42

Eva-Maria Fitze

Figure skater

*May 10th, 1982, Dachau

84

Charles Moore

Australian botanist (1820-1905)

*May 10th, 1820, Dundee †April 30th, 1905, Sydney

76

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)

*May 10th, 1843, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria †January 4th, 1920, calle de Hilarión Eslava

44

Josh Young

Theatre actor

*May 10th, 1980, Wallingford

69

Rick Steves

American travel writer and television host

*May 10th, 1955, Edmonds

53

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

French economist (1727-1781)

*May 10th, 1727, Paris †March 18th, 1781, Paris

43

Katori Hall

American playwright

*May 10th, 1981, Memphis

26

John Wilkes Booth

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

*May 10th, 1838, Bel Air †April 26th, 1865, Port Royal

39

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)

*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'Avray

32

Jake Zyrus

Filipino singer

*May 10th, 1992, Cabuyao

60

Gitta Connemann

German politician

*May 10th, 1964, Leer

56

Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)

*May 10th, 1890, Würzburg †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

75

Hugo Banzer

Bolivian president (1926-2002)

*May 10th, 1926, Concepción, Santa Cruz †May 5th, 2002, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

54

David Weir

Scottish association football player and manager

*May 10th, 1970, Falkirk

82

Louis Pierre Vieillot

French ornithologist

*May 10th, 1748, Yvetot †August 24th, 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen

50

Sylvain Wiltord

French association football player

*May 10th, 1974, Neuilly-sur-Marne

81

Josef Svoboda

Czech architect, designer, film director and professor

*May 10th, 1920, Čáslav †April 8th, 2002, Prague

78

Maureen Lipman

British actress, columnist and comedian

*May 10th, 1946, Kingston upon Hull

55

Bob Sinclar

French record producer and DJ

*May 10th, 1969, Bois-Colombes

47

Nick Heidfeld

German racing driver

*May 10th, 1977, Mönchengladbach

68

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

Marshal of France (1752-1821)

*May 10th, 1752, Champignol-lez-Mondeville †April 23rd, 1821, Paris

45

Lee Hyori

South Korean singer

*May 10th, 1979, Cheongju

79

Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin

British-born American astronomer

*May 10th, 1900, Wendover †December 7th, 1979, Cambridge

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1303 is a normal year and no leap year.

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