05-10-2005, 05:15 AM
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May 10th
1801 ~ First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declared war on the United States.
1818 ~ Death of Paul Revere, engraver, American Patriot.
1838 ~ Birthday of John Wilkes Booth, actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
1857 ~ Indian Mutiny: In India, the Sepoys revolted against the British Army.
1872 ~ Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for President of the U.S.
1899 ~ Birthday of Fred Astaire, Singer, Dancer & Actor.
1933 ~ Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage 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.
1960 ~ The nuclear submarine USS Triton completed the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
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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