May 10
On This Day in History: May 10 May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 235 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2021 Minnesota will allow anonymous lottery prize claims . Minnesota will join the growing list of states that allow players to claim lottery prizes anonymously when a new law goes into effect granting winners of certain big prizes the option to withhold their names from the public record.2019 Alabama lottery plan changed; vote next week . An Alabama House committee today adopted a new version of a bill to set up a state lottery in Alabama, changing how the money would be distributed.2018 Iowa man claims $4.38 million Lotto America prize . A Davenport, Iowa, man on Thursday claimed a $4.38 million lottery jackpot, acknowledging he had beaten long odds to win a jackpot with a ticket he received as a free play in a lottery promotion.2018 Lottery tickets will not be sold in South Carolina for more than 12 hours this weekend . You're out of luck if you planned on buying Powerball or Pick 3 tickets in South Carolina on Mother's Day morning.2017 Army soldier wins $5 million lottery jackpot . An Army soldier based in Fort Drum has won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot.2016 Breast cancer patient wins lottery second time . North Carolina Education Lottery officials said a woman who has been battling breast cancer for six years has won the lottery two times in the past three months.2016 Police track down burglary suspects by tracing stolen lottery tickets . Stolen lottery tickets, worth $6, led to the arrest of two men caught on camera burglarizing a home.2015 Alabama lottery proposal set for Senate debate Tuesday . A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in a Senate committee on a bill to create an Alabama state lottery.2014 Phoenix couple claim $3.3 million lottery prize . After almost two weeks of remaining silent, the winners of the $3.3 million Arizona Lottery "The Pick" jackpot claimed their winnings.2013 Tennessee to add Hot Lotto multi-state lottery game . Starting Sunday, Tennessee Lottery players will be able to purchase tickets for Hot Lotto, a multi-state game currently played in 14 states and Washington, D.C.2011 Financial advisor wins the lottery . A Webster City, Iowa, man today claimed a $9 million prize from Saturday night's Hot Lotto drawing, one of the biggest prizes ever awarded in the history of the Iowa Lottery.2011 N.Y. Lottery to launch new ad slogan . The lottery that contributed "Hey, you never know" to the lengthy list of memorable advertising catch phrases vernacular is hoping to do it again, with a new slogan for its scratch-off games.2010 Accused lottery killer expected to make plea in court . A woman accused of killing a Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner is expected to make a plea in court Monday morning.2007 West Virginia resisting trend to privatize Lottery . West Virginia officials say they so far have not seriously considered an initiative to sell the lottery to a private company in exchange for quick cash.2007 Expensive Michigan Lottery tickets sell-out quickly . Tickets to the Michigan Lottery's most expensive game sold out Wednesday after less than three days on sale.2007 Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California Lottery . California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to call for privatizing the state lottery, a move that would bring California a cash infusion of as much as $37 billion to help solve pressing budget problems but also could sacrifice a major revenue source for decades to come.2006 Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $80 million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $80 million for Friday's drawing.2006 4 Massachusetts lottery licenses suspended . A top official with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission said yesterday that it has indefinitely suspended lottery licenses for four establishments where video slot machines were seized last week by state police investigating possible illegal gambling.2006 S.C. lottery sales top $1 billion mark for first time . South Carolina lottery sales for this fiscal year have topped $1 billion for the first time.2005 2 Players Share $1.17 Million Tenn. Lotto 5 Jackpot . Two tickets, worth $589,973 each, matched all five of the Tennessee Lotto 5 numbers in last night's drawing.2005 Missouri Director hired to run Oklahoma Lottery . James R. Scroggins, the executive director of the Missouri lottery for the last 13 years, was hired Tuesday to direct the startup of the Oklahoma lottery.2005 S.C. Lottery may learn lessons from Georgia . Lottery officials in Georgia may be enjoying a sense of irony, as South Carolina is now undergoing the same uncomfortable feeling that they created for the Georgia Lottery when they started their new lottery in 2002.2005 Embattled lottery pyramid scheme slammed by Australian court . World Games Inc (WGI), a loosely-based international company that has been on the run from legal authorities around the world for several years, was found to be in violation of the 1974 Trade Practices Act by the Australia Full Federal Court for organizing an international online pyramid scheme.2004 Australian Man Wins Lottery Three Times in One Night . For a 60-year-old Sydney grandfather, it was third time lucky - and second time and first.2004 Pennsylvania store sells $213M winning Powerball ticket . One lucky player purchased the winning ticket for Saturday's Powerball drawing from a convenience store near the spot where George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776.2004 Lottery winner's dreams live on after his death . Despite a troubled past, James Craig's family said he had started to turn his life around long before he struck it rich and won a $9.7 million Indiana Lotto jackpot earlier this year.2004 Winning lottery ticket photocopy upheld in appeal . An Alberta court has upheld a decision ordering the Western Canada Lottery Corp. to award Calgarian Valerie Murphy $100,000 after she lost her winning ticket.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $402 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2013 One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere .2012 The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus , Syria , killing 55 people. 2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi , Georgia , but it malfunctions and does not detonate. 2002 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. 1997 The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran 's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people. 1996 A blizzard strikes Mount Everest , killing eight climbers by the next day. 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president .1993 In Thailand , a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers. 1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder .1969 Vietnam War : The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill .1967 The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg The Six Million Dollar Man 1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk 1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground . 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign . 1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid . 1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany . 1940 World War II : German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg .1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain . On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland . 1933 Censorship : In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings .1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972 .1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef . 1916 Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island . 1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia .1904 The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company. 1881 Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom .1876 The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia . 1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States .1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad , linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit , Utah with the golden spike . 1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky , Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill , who lingers until his death on June 6 . 1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857 : In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut .1849 Astor Place Riot : A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan , New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready , killing at least 22 and injuring over 120.1837 Panic of 1837 : New York City banks suspend the payment of specie , triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression .1833 A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang , who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet . 1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public. 1801 First Barbary War : The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.1796 War of the First Coalition : Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.1775 American Revolutionary War : A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga .1775 American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia . 1774 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act , designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party . 1768 Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton King George III . 1688 King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom . 1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland .1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World .1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king. 28 BC A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han , one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1996 Tyus Jones , American basketball player1996 Kateřina Siniaková , Czech tennis player1995 Missy Franklin , American swimmer1995 Gabriella Papadakis , French ice dancer1990 Salvador Pérez , Venezuelan baseball player1990 Ivana Španović , Serbian long jumper1987 Wilson Chandler , American basketball player1985 Ryan Getzlaf , Canadian ice hockey player1985 Jon Schofield , English canoe racer1984 Edward Mujica , Venezuelan baseball player1983 Gustav Fridolin , Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education 1981 Samuel Dalembert , Haitian-Canadian basketball player1981 Humberto Suazo , Chilean footballer1978 Bruno Cheyrou , French footballer1975 Hélio Castroneves , Brazilian race car driver1975 Adam Deadmarsh , Canadian-American ice hockey player1974 Sylvain Wiltord , French footballer1973 Joshua Eagle , Australian tennis player1973 Ollie le Roux , South African rugby player1972 Christian Wörns , German footballer1971 Ådne Søndrål , Norwegian speed skater1970 Gabriela Montero , Venezuelan-American pianist1970 David Weir , Scottish footballer1969 Dennis Bergkamp , Dutch footballer and manager1969 John Scalzi , American author and blogger1968 Al Murray , English comedian and television host1968 Tatyana Shikolenko , Russian javelin thrower1967 Eion Crossan , New Zealand rugby player1966 Jonathan Edwards , English triple jumper1965 Linda Evangelista , Canadian model1963 Lisa Nowak , American commander and astronaut1963 Debbie Wiseman , English composer and conductor1960 Bono , Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist1960 Dean Heller , American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada , Secretary of State of Nevada 1960 Merlene Ottey , Jamaican-Slovenian runner1959 Victoria Rowell , American actress1959 Danny Schayes , American basketball player1959 Cindy Hyde-Smith , American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi , Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 1958 Gaétan Boucher , Canadian speed skater1958 Rick Santorum , American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1957 Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player (d. 1979)1956 Vladislav Listyev , Russian journalist (d. 1995)1955 Mark David Chapman , American murderer1952 Sly Dunbar , Jamaican drummer1949 Miuccia Prada , Italian fashion designer1947 Caroline B. Cooney , American author1946 Donovan , Scottish singer-songwriter1946 Graham Gouldman , English guitarist and songwriter1946 Dave Mason , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1944 Jim Abrahams , American director, producer, and screenwriter1944 Marie-France Pisier , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)1942 Jim Calhoun , American basketball player and coach1940 Arthur Alexander , American country-soul singer-songwriter (d. 1993)1940 Wayne Dyer , American author and educator (d. 2015)1938 Manuel Santana , Spanish tennis player1937 Tamara Press , Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2021)1935 Larry Williams , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)1933 Jean Becker , French actor, director, and screenwriter1931 Ettore Scola , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)1930 George E. Smith , American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate1929 Audun Boysen , Norwegian runner (d. 2000)1929 George Coe , American actor and producer (d. 2015)1929 Antonine Maillet , Canadian author and playwright1928 Arnold Rüütel , Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia 1928 Lothar Schmid , German chess player (d. 2013)1927 Nayantara Sahgal , Indian author1926 Hugo Banzer , Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (d. 2002)1923 Heydar Aliyev , Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)1923 Otar Korkia , Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)1922 David Azrieli , Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)1922 Nancy Walker , American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)1920 Basil Kelly , Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)1920 Bert Weedon , English guitarist (d. 2012)1919 Ella T. Grasso , Governor of Connecticut (d. 1981)1918 T. Berry Brazelton , American pediatrician and author (d. 2018)1918 Desmond MacNamara , Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)1916 Milton Babbitt , American composer and educator (d. 2011)1915 Denis Thatcher , English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)1911 Bel Kaufman , American author and educator (d. 2014)1909 Maybelle Carter , American autoharp player (d. 1978)1908 Carl Albert , American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)1905 Markos Vamvakaris , Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)1903 Otto Bradfisch , German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)1902 David O. Selznick , American director and producer (d. 1965)1901 John Desmond Bernal , Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)1901 Hildrus Poindexter , American bacteriologist (d. 1987)1900 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin , English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)1899 Fred Astaire , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)1898 Ariel Durant , American historian and author (d. 1981)1897 Einar Gerhardsen , Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)1894 Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)1893 Tonita Peña , San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)1891 Mahmoud Mokhtar , Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)1890 Alfred Jodl , German general (d. 1946)1888 Max Steiner , Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)1886 Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)1879 Symon Petliura , Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)1878 Konstantinos Parthenis , Greek painter (d. 1967)1878 Gustav Stresemann , German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)1876 Ivan Cankar , Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)1872 Marcel Mauss , French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)1855 Yukteswar Giri , Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)1847 Wilhelm Killing , German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)1843 Benito Pérez Galdós , Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)1841 James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American publisher and broadcaster (d. 1918)1838 John Wilkes Booth , American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)1813 Montgomery Blair , American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)1812 William Henry Barlow , English engineer (d. 1902)1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel , French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)1770 Louis-Nicolas Davout , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)1760 Johann Peter Hebel , German author and poet (d. 1826)1760 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle , French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)1755 Robert Gray , American captain and explorer (d. 1806)1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , French economist and politician (d. 1781)1697 Jean-Marie Leclair , French violinist and composer (d. 1764)1604 Jean Mairet , French author and playwright (d. 1686)1491 Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521)955 Al-Aziz Billah , Fatimid caliph (d. 996)874 Meng Zhixiang , Chinese general and emperor (d. 934)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2019 Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba , Spanish politician and chemist (b. 1951 )2018 David Goodall , Australian botanist and ecologist (b. 1914)2015 Chris Burden , American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)2012 Horst Faas , German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)2012 Carroll Shelby , American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)2012 Gunnar Sønsteby , Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)2010 Frank Frazetta , American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)2008 Leyla Gencer , Turkish soprano (b. 1928)2006 Soraya , Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)2003 Milan Vukcevich , Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)2002 Kaifi Azmi , Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)2002 Yves Robert , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)2001 Sudhakarrao Naik , Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)2000 Jules Deschênes , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)2000 Dick Sprang , American illustrator (b. 1915)1999 Shel Silverstein , American poet, author, and illustrator1994 John Wayne Gacy , American serial killer (b. 1942)1990 Walker Percy , American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)1988 Shen Congwen , Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)1982 Peter Weiss , German playwright and painter (b. 1916)1977 Joan Crawford , American actress (year of birth disputed)1974 Hal Mohr , American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)1968 Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (b. 1929)1965 Hubertus van Mook , Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)1964 Mikhail Larionov , Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)1960 Yury Olesha , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)1950 Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)1945 Richard Glücks , German SS officer (b. 1889)1945 Konrad Henlein , Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro , Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)1897 Andrés Bonifacio , Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)1891 Carl Nägeli , Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)1889 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)1868 Henry Bennett , American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)1863 Stonewall Jackson , American general (b. 1824)1849 Hokusai , Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)1829 Thomas Young , English physician and linguist (b. 1773)1818 Paul Revere , American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)1807 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau , French general (b. 1725)1798 George Vancouver , English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)1794 Élisabeth of France , French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)1787 William Watson , English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)1774 Louis XV of France (b. 1710)1726 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)1717 John Hathorne , American merchant and politician (b. 1641)1641 Johan Banér , Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)1569 John of Ávila , Spanish mystic and saint (b. 1500)1566 Leonhart Fuchs , German physician and botanist (b. 1501)1521 Sebastian Brant , German author (b. 1457)1493 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll , Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)1482 Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)1403 Katherine Swynford , widow of John of Gaunt 1299 Theingapati , heir to the Pagan Kingdom🔽 Show All 
