Monday, May 10, 2010

10 May in History

70 A.D.--Titus, the son of Emperor Vespasian, begins the siege of Jerusalem.

1291--Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England.

1774--Louis XVI Valois becomes King of France.

1775--the Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.

1863--Stonewall Jackson dies after being accidentally shot by friendly forces.

1865--Jefferson davis is captured by Union forces near Irwinville, Georgia.

1940--Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

1940--Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the British Empire.

1960--The U.S.S. Triton, a nuclear submarine, completes an submerged circumnavigation of the world.

1994--Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as President of the Union of South Africa.

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