May 10 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 10, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#170 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 10 birthdays
Benito Pérez Galdós · Spanish realist novelist1843
Gustav Stresemann · German politician1878
Karl Barth · Swiss Protestant theologian1886
Max Steiner · Austrian-born American music composer and conductor1888
Fred Astaire · American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer1899
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin · British-born American astronomer1900
David O. Selznick · American film producer1902
Daniel Bell · American sociologist1919
Heydar Aliyev · 3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan1923
Arnold Rüütel · Estonian politician, former President of Estonia1928
George E. Smith · Nobel prize winning American physicist1930
Sid Vicious · English bassist1957
Rick Santorum · American politician and commentator1958
Peter Greene · American actor1959
Bono · Irish singer1960
Dennis Bergkamp · Dutch association football player1969
Kim Jong-nam · Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il1971
Rüştü Reçber · Turkish association football player1973
Adam Lallana · English association football player1988
Richarlison · Brazilian association football player1997
On this day in history
1775American Revolutionary War: A small force of Patriots led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga in New York, without significant injury or incident.
1801First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. consulate.
2013One World Trade Center in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a height of 1,776 feet (541 m).
2017Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by the U.S. military, captured the Tabqa Dam and surrounding countryside, completing the Battle of Tabqa.
1940British prime minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor.
1941World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the British government.
1946First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
2002FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
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