Also on May 10
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Mother's Day (VE)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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... ↗
- 2005 — A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a... ↗
- 2002 — FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia... ↗
- 1997 — The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1996 — Tyus Jones, American basketball player
- 1996 — Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
- 1995 — Missy Franklin, American swimmer
- 1995 — Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
- 1993 — Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
🏀 Sports on this Date
- WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 Final
- NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers — 00:30 Final
- MLS: Real Salt Lake @ FC Dallas — 00:30 Full Time
- NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Minnesota Wild — 01:00 Final
- WNBA: Chicago Sky @ Portland Fire — 01:00 Final
- MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants — 01:05 Final