മെയ് പത്ത് - May 10

1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England
1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World
1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there.
1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland
1774 - Louis XVI becomes King of France.
1775 - Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y.
1796 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.1818 - American patriot Paul Revere died in Boston.
1857 – Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1865 - Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.
1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during church services in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia.
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI, a job he held until his death in 1972.
1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
1940 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.
World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
1941 - Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission.
World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1946 – First successful launch of a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1968 - Preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.
1969 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1994 -The state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
1997- An earthquake in northeastern Iran killed at least 2,400 people.
2002 - A 39-day standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ended with 13 suspected militants flown into European exile and 26 released into the Gaza Strip.
2003 -The New York Times announced that one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, had "committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud."
2005 -Germany dedicated a national Holocaust memorial.
2008 - Jenna Bush, daughter of President George W. Bush, married Henry Hager at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.

COURTESY: Wikipedia