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Events on May 10

• 1503 Christoph Kolumbus reaches the Cayman Islands on his fourth voyage, giving them the name Las Tortugas because of the numerous sea turtles he encounters.
• 1871 The Peace of Frankfurt, based on the preliminaries of Versailles of 26 February, ends the Franco-Prussian War. France must cede Alsace and parts of Lorraine. They come to the German Empire as the imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine.
• 1893 In Bonn, the Beethoven House is opened as part of the second chamber music festival, making the composer's birthplace a memorial site.
• 1933 The National Socialists establish the German Labour Front as a unified organization of employees and employers, using the assets of the dismantled trade unions. The right to strike is abolished at the same time.
• 1940 Neville Chamberlain resigns as prime minister of Great Britain. His successor, Winston Churchill, forms a war coalition cabinet with all parties.
• 1949 The Parliamentary Council decides in favour of Bonn as the provisional capital of the Federal Republic of Germany by a narrow majority of 33:29 votes.
• 1967 The song San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair), written by John Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie, appears on Ode Records. It is now regarded as an anthem of the hippie movement and of the Summer of Love, which took place in the same year.
• 1977 With the Bundesliga football match against the Spielgemeinschaft FK Austria/WAC, the Weststadion is opened as the home stadium of SK Rapid Wien. The home team wins 1:0. The official opening ceremony of the stadium, which also serves as a home venue for SC Wacker Wien for a time, takes place only on 14 September.
• 1981 The socialist François Mitterrand defeats his conservative rival Valéry Giscard d’Estaing of the UDF in the second round of the French presidential election and becomes president of France on his third attempt. He is the first socialist head of state of the Fifth Republic.
• 1994 Nelson Mandela, elected the previous day, becomes the first black African president of South Africa and delivers his inaugural address upon taking office.
• 2005 The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, consisting of 2711 stelae and designed by Peter Eisenman, is inaugurated.
• 2010 The European Council resolves to establish a euro bailout package totalling 750 billion euros. The Greek sovereign debt crisis expands into a euro crisis.

Born on May 10

• 1850 Thomas Lipton, British self-made man, entrepreneur and trader (Lipton Tea), yacht owner (America’s Cup)
• 1890 Alfred Jodl, German military officer and war criminal
• 1921 Oliver Hassencamp, German author of young adult books and novels
• 1931 Ettore Scola, Italian film director
• 1942 Carl Douglas, Jamaican singer
• 1943 Wolfgang Porsche, Austrian manager
• 1951 Petra Hammesfahr, German writer
• 1960 Bono, Irish rock musician, guitarist and singer (U2)
• 1971 Luan Krasniqi, German boxer
• 2000 Amine Adli, Moroccan footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „10. Mai“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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