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10 May 2019
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
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10 May 2017
US Geological Survey issued a statement revealing that 39 Montana glaciers have reduced in size from 39 to 85 percent in the last 50 years.
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10 May 2017
Apple became the first company to achieve worth more than $800 billion.
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10 May 2005
An assassination attempt was made on President George W. Bush.
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10 May 1996
The disaster movie 'Twister' by Michael Crichton premiered.
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10 May 1994
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
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10 May 1994
Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized while in prison at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
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10 May 1971
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
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10 May 1960
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
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10 May 1954
Bill Haley releases 'Rock Around the Clock'.
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10 May 1941
Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachutes into Scotland to broker a peace agreement.
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10 May 1933
Nazis ceremonially burn about 25,000 allegedly 'un-German' books.
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10 May 1908
Mother's Day was officially celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia.
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10 May 1877
The first telephone was installed in the telegraph room in the White House, thanks to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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10 May 1869
The Golden Spike was driven.
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10 May 1773
The parliament of Great Britain passed the Tea Act, a piece of legislation that ultimately led to the Boston Tea Party.
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10 May 1503
Christopher Columbus spotted the Cayman Islands.
