History for May 10

History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com:
John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor, David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind") 


Danny Rapp 1941 - Musician (Danny &The Juniors), Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch) 1946 - Singer, father of Donovan Leitch, Jr., "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2) 
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1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies. 


1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in Missouri. 


1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. 


1898 - A vending machine law was enacted in Omaha, NE. It cost $5,000 for a permit. 


1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia. 


1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 


1928 - WGY-TV in Schenectady, NY, began regular television programming. 


1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany. 


1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. 


1962 - Marvel Comics published the first issue of "The Incredible Hulk." 


2001 - Boeing Co. announced that it would be moving its headquarters to Chicago, IL.