What are the important events that happened on May 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 10 is the 130^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 27, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 485,232 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontagon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 283 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,523 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 10 Historical Events

• 1291 –
  Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
• 1801 –
  First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• 1837 –
  Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
• 1857 –
  Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
• 1869 –
  The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
• 1893 –
  The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
• 1954 –
  Bill Haley & His Comets release “Rock Around the Clock”, the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
• 1997 –
  The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world’s largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
• 2008 –
  An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
• 2008 –
  War in Darfur: The Justice and Equality Movement and Sudanese government forces clash in Omdurman and Khartoum, the first time the fighting takes place in the nation’s capital.

Who were born on May 10?

• 1841 –
  James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (New York Herald) (d. 1918)
• 1886 –
  Olaf Stapledon, British author and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1930 –
  Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
• 1952 –
  Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
• 1952 –
  Sly Dunbar, Jamaican musician
• 1961 –
  Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
• 1968 –
  Al Murray, British comedian
• 1968 –
  William Regal (Darren Matthews), English professional wrestler
• 1972 –
  Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
• 1983 –
  Natalia Zabala, Spanish beauty pageant contestant

Who died on May 10?

• 1034 –
  Mieszko II, King of Poland (b. 990)
• 1482 –
  Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• 1733 –
  Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
• 1787 –
  William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)
• 1818 –
  Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)
• 1850 –
  Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1889 –
  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
• 1945 –
  Konrad Henlein, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician (b. 1898)
• 1967 –
  Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver, (b. 1935)
• 1990 –
  Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916)