What Happened on my Birthday May 10

Today is May 10, the 130th day. There are 235 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder "What happened on my birthday May 10?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 10", "What historical event took place on the day I was born, May 10?", " What does my birthday reveal about my personality ?" or "What special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings, famous birthdays and Numerology

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May 10 Events

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

What Happened on my Birthday May 10 in US

1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, along with Col. Benedict Arnold, captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y.

1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.

1908, the first Mother's Day observance in the United States, inspired by Anna Jarvis, took place during church services in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia.

1924, J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director.

1984, the International Court of Justice said the United States should halt any actions to blockade Nicaragua's ports (the U.S. had already said it would not recognize World Court jurisdiction on this issue).

1999 China broke off talks on arms control with the United States, and allowed demonstrators to hurl stones at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing for a third day to protest NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. A military jury at Camp Lejeune, N.C., sentenced Capt. Richard Ashby, a Marine pilot whose jet had clipped an Italian gondola cable, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths, to six months in prison and dismissed him from the corps for helping destroy a videotape made during the flight. (Ashby had been acquitted earlier of manslaughter.) Cartoonist, playwright and songwriter Shel Silverstein was found dead in his Key West, Fla., apartment; he was 66.

2004 President George W. Bush reacted with "deep disgust and disbelief" during a Pentagon visit as he examined new photos and video clips of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. Citigroup agreed to pay $2.65 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by WorldCom investors who'd lost billions when the company went bankrupt in an accounting scandal.

2008 Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates as he added endorsements from Utah, Ohio and the Virgin Islands. A tornado in Picher, Okla., killed seven people. Jenna Bush married Henry Hager, the son of a Virginia Republican party official, at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.

What Happened on my Birthday May 10 in UK and Other History

1774, Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.

1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. That same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.

1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.

1994 Nelson Mandela became first black President of South Africa

Famous Birthdays

1899 Fred Astaire

1915 Denis Thatcher, Husband of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

1946 Singer Donovan

1946 UK Actress Maureen Lipman

1957 Punk Rocker Sid Vicious

1960 Rock singer Bono (U2).

1965 Model Linda Evangelista

What does my birthday reveal about my personality

Numerology was an accepted part of ancient mathematics and revolves around the study of numbers, with each number from 0 to 9 representing a different personality trait based on its association with planets and/or moons in our solar system.

May 10

10 ie 1+0=1

1 is your primary birth path. You are One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever

To get your secondary birth path you need to work out your year
Example: if you were born in 1991 that is 1+9+9+1=20 which is 2+0=2
so add month 5 to day 1 to your year calculation. In this example 5+1+2=8
so you are also Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive

Note 11 is 11 not 1+1=2 and 22 is 22 not 2+2=4
Number 1 = One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever. Number 2 = One who clearly sees the full spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, Idealist. Number 3 = Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity. Number 4 = The most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist. Number 5 = An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. Number 6 = A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. Number 7 = A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul. Number 8 = Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive. Number 9 = A Philosopher, a person with compassion, generosity, and a very humanitarian attitude. Number 11 = A Visionary, one with spiritual awareness, understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others. Number 22 = A Global Thinker, the most powerful of all the Life Path numbers. This individual can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame if they have the desire and willingness to achieve it.

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What Happened on my Birthday May 10

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