This Day in History for May 10th:
1497 -- Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World.
1503 -- Columbus discovers Cayman Islands.
1652 -- John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA.
1752 -- Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod.
1773 -- The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
1775 -- 2nd Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for 1st time.
1797 -- 1st Navy ship, the "United States" is launched.
1823 -- 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling.
1865 -- President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Irwinsville GA.
1869 -- Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Point UT-Transcontinental RR.
1872 -- Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president.
1898 -- A vending machine law was enacted in Omaha, NE. It cost $5,000 for a permit.
1908 -- 1st Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
1910 -- 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 -- Halley's Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass.
1917 -- Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1922 -- Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar.
1924 -- J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI.
1930 -- 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago).
1940 -- Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM.
1941 -- England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz.
1960 -- US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water.
1969 -- Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space.
1969 -- US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill.
1972 -- Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
1979 -- Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1984 -- International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua.
1993 -- Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145.
1993 -- Paul Cézannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC.
1994 -- The state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
1996 -- 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games.
1997 -- An earthquake in northeastern Iran killed at least 2,400 people.
2000 -- 11,000 residents were evacuated in Los Alamos, NM, due to a fire that was blown into a canyon. The fire had been deliberately set to clear brush.
2002 -- Dr. Pepper announced that it would be introducing a new flavor, Red Fusion, for the first time in 117 years.
I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz*
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