May 10th, 1944

Born on May 10th, 1944

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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 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

Born on May 10th, 1944

79

Gunnar Asmussen

Danish olympic cyclist, born 1944

*May 10th, 1944, Aarhus

66

Marie-France Pisier

French actress (1944–2011)

*May 10th, 1944, Đà Lạt †April 24th, 2011, Toulon

79

Juan José Lucas

Spanish politician

*May 10th, 1944, El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma

79

Jim Abrahams

American movie director and writer

*May 10th, 1944, Shorewood

79

John Fredriksen

Cypriot businessman

*May 10th, 1944, Oslo

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Who's birthday is on May 10th?

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

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

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

35

Steffi Annys

Badminton player

*May 10th, 1988, De Panne

65

Rick Santorum

American politician and commentator (born 1958)

*May 10th, 1958, Winchester

28

Aya Nakamura

French and Malian singer

*May 10th, 1995, Bamako

90

Françoise Fabian

French actress

*May 10th, 1933, Algiers

95

Eva Henning

Swedish actress (1920-2016)

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

77

Maureen Lipman

British actress, columnist and comedian

*May 10th, 1946, Kingston upon Hull

54

Anton Dostler

German general

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

59

Emmanuelle Devos

French actress

*May 10th, 1964, Puteaux

80

Heydar Aliyev

Soviet and Azerbaijani politician (1923–2003)

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

68

Rick Steves

American travel writer and television host

*May 10th, 1955, Edmonds

54

Dennis Bergkamp

Dutch association football player

*May 10th, 1969, Amsterdam

80

Wolfgang Porsche

Austrian businessman

*May 10th, 1943, Stuttgart

46

Hugo Silva

Actor

*May 10th, 1977, Madrid

74

Miuccia Prada

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur

*May 10th, 1949, Milan

88

Fred Astaire

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

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

85

Marina Vlady

French actress, singer, and writer

*May 10th, 1938, Clichy

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

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

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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