History for May 10

History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com:
John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854, Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor


David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind"), "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2), Linda Evangelista 1965 - Model


1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.


1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold led an attack on the British Fort Ticonderoga and captured it from the British.


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.


1876 - Richard Wagner’s "Centennial Inaugural March" was heard for the first time at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA.


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.


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


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