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On This Day In History for May 10, 2023
This is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining in 2023.
- It was on this date in 28 BC, that a sunspot was observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
- May 10, 1497, Amerigo Vespucci allegedly left Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
- It was on this date in 1503, that Christopher Columbus visited the Cayman Islands and named them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
- Also on May 10, 1869, The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
- The Centennial Exposition was opened in Philadelphia on this date in 1876
- That same date in 1904, The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG was founded. It eventually became the Audi company.
- On May 10, 1916, Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrived at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
- It was on this date in 1946, that saw the first successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- Marvel Comics published the first issue of The Incredible Hulk on this date in 1962
- It was 48 years ago today, that Sony introduced the Betamax videocassette recorder.
- One World Trade Center became the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere on this date in 2013
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- American captain and explorer, Robert Gray, born on this date in 1755.
- Born May 10, 1788, French physicist and engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
- Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1847.
- Fred Astaire, the American actor, singer, and dancer was born 124 years ago today.
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist was born on that same date in 1900.
- Irish-English crystallographer and physicist, John Desmond Bernal was born 122 years ago today.
- American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, George E. Smith, born on this date in 1930.
- Also turning 63 today is Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist Bono.
- Also born on that same date in 1969, American author and blogger, John Scalzi.
Listener Birthdays
- 10 – Tim (from Australia)
- 10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)
- 15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D
- 16 – Joe Edmisson
- 16 – Jason from The Angry Geek
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 10, 2023
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