May 10 2005 |
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| May 10th, 2005 (May 10 2005) | Event | A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| May 10th, 2005 (May 10 2005) | Death | David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (born in 1958) | |
| May 10th, 1985 (May 10 1985) | Birth | Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 10th, 1975 (May 10 1975) | Birth | Helio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver | |
| May 10th, 1975 (May 10 1975) | Birth | Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player | |
| May 10th, 1965 (May 10 1965) | Birth | Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel | |
| May 10th, 1955 (May 10 1955) | Birth | Chris Berman, American sportscaster | |
| May 10th, 1955 (May 10 1955) | Birth | Mark David Chapman, American assassin of John Lennon | John Lennon Quotes |
| May 10th, 1955 (May 10 1955) | Death | Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (born in 1881) | |
| May 10th, 1955 (May 10 1955) | Death | John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (born in 1865) | |
| May 10th, 1945 (May 10 1945) | Death | Richard Glucks, German SS officer (born in 1889) | |
| May 10th, 1935 (May 10 1935) | Birth | Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (died in 1980) | |
| May 10th, 1915 (May 10 1915) | Birth | Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (died in 2003) | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
| May 10th, 1905 (May 10 1905) | Birth | Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (died in 1972) | |
| May 10th, 1865 (May 10 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia. | |
| May 10th, 1865 (May 10 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill in Kentucky, who lingers until his death on June 6. | |
| May 10th, 1775 (May 10 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is taken by a small force led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold. | |
| May 10th, 1775 (May 10 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the 13 colonies of the United States meet in Philadelphia and raise the Continental Army to defend the new republic. They place it under command of George Washington of Virginia. | George Washington Quotes |
| May 10th, 1775 (May 10 1775) | Birth | Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (died in 1809) | |
| May 10th, 1265 (May 10 1265) | Birth | Emperor Fushimi of Japan (died in 1317) | |
