05-10-2006, 05:31 AM
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May 10th
1818 ~ Death of Paul Revere, engraver, American Patriot.
1838 ~ Birthday of John Wilkes Booth, Actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
1857 ~ The Indian Mutiny began when the Sepoys revolted against the British Army.
1869 ~ The first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. was completed at Promontory, Utah.
1872 ~ Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for U.S. President.
1899 ~ Birthday of Fred Astaire, Singer, Dancer & Actor.
1924 ~ J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
1933 ~ The Nazis staged massive public book burnings.
1954 ~ Bill Haley and the Comets released Rock Around the Clock, the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the charts.
2002 ~ FBI agent Robert Hanssen was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Russia.
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