Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 10
May 10, 2024 is the 131st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 10
- 1534 –Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
- 1768 –John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
- 1774 –Louis XVI becomes King of France.
- 1837 –Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment “Attack-in-depth” assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
- 1908 –Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
- 1940 –World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
- 1954 –Bill Haley & His Comets release “Rock Around the Clock”, the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
- 1993 –In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- 2002 –F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
Who were born on May 10?
- 213 –Claudius II, Roman emperor (d. 270)
- 1916 –Milton Babbitt, American composer (d. 2011)
- 1942 –Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
- 1944 –Marie-France Pisier, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1966 –Jonathan Edwards, English athlete
- 1975 –Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer
- 1976 –Rachel Gordon, Australian actress
- 1981 –Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
- 1981 –Samuel Dalembert, Haitian basketball player
- 1982 –Jeremy Gable, American playwright
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