Who was born on May 10 and what happened on that day?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 International Argania Day.
🌍 World Lupus Day.
🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇲🇻 Maldives – Children’s Day.
🇸🇻 El Salvador, 🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇲🇽 Mexico – Mother’s Day.
🇺🇸 USA – Working Mother’s Day.
🇺🇸 USA – Confederate Memorial Day.
🇷🇴 Romania – Independence Day.
🇩🇪 Germany – Book Day.
🇹🇭 Thailand – National Mangrove Forest Day.
🇺🇸 USA – Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
🇺🇸 USA – National Parks Day.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – Day of Bank Employees.
🇹🇭 Thailand – Royal Plowing Ceremony.
🇫🇲 Micronesia – Constitution Day.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Flower Festival.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci’s second voyage to the New World begins.
– 1503 – Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands.
– 1811 – The first paper money was issued in England.
– 1844 – The capital of Canada was moved from Kingston to Montreal.
-1857 – Rebellion of Sipohis in India.
– 1871 – an armistice between France and Germany was signed in Frankfurt.
-1877 – Romania became independent from the Ottoman Empire.
– 1881 – Romania was declared a kingdom.
– 1906 – the first session of the Russian State Duma was opened.
– 1913 – The world’s first four-engine airplane flight.
– 1932 – “Cominter” plant in Leningrad produced the first 20 Soviet TV sets.
– 1933 – Mass book burnings began in Germany.
– 1940 – The “Strange War” ends.
– 1940 – George IV formally appoints Churchill as Prime Minister.
– 1950 – A coup d’etat in Haiti overthrew President Dumars Estime. A military junta came to power.
– 1965 – The Israel Museum was opened in Jerusalem.
– 1992 – Diplomatic relations were established between Uzbekistan and the countries of Iran, Pakistan, Yemen, and Bahrain.
– 1993 – The som, the national currency of Kyrgyzstan, was put into circulation.
– 1995 – the ruble became the national currency of Tajikistan.
– 2000 – Sydney-2000 Olympic torch was lit in Greece.
– 2005 – President of the Republic of Korea No Moo-hyun came to Uzbekistan on an official visit.
– 2008 – President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Yang Ho Choi, chairman of the Korean Air airline company, at the Oksaroy residence.
– 2008 – the largest volcano in Europe – Etna woke up.
– 2010 – The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, Yusuf bin Alavi bin Abdullah, at the Aksaroy residence.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
-1760 – Claude Rouget de Lille (1836) – French poet and composer, creator of “Marseillaise”.
– 1795 – Augustin Thierry (1856) – French historian.
– 1850 – Thomas Lipton (1931) – English businessman, founder of a large tea production company.
– 1891 – Mahmoud Mukhtar (1934) – Egyptian sculptor.
– 1903 – Gafur Ghulam (1966) – Famous Uzbek writer, poet, academician.
– 1909 – Yoldosh Azamov (1985) – Honored artist of Uzbekistan, film director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1979).
– 1910 – Ashot Petrosyans – honored artist, conductor, pedagogue in Uzbekistan.
– 1923 – Heydar Aliyev (2003) – Soviet and Azerbaijani party and political figure, the 3rd president of Azerbaijan (1993-2003).
– 1935 – Shahob Hamrayev – orthopedic and traumatologist scientist, honored scientist of Uzbekistan (1999).
– 1937 – Khotam Fayziyev – famous Uzbek cinematographer, honored artist of Uzbekistan.
– 1938 – Tilash Khojamberdiyev (2001) – musician, composer, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1998).
– 1939 – Askar Kholmurodov (1997) – biotechnologist scientist.
– 1949 – Miuccia Prada Bianchi is a famous Italian fashion designer, the grandson of Mario Prada, the founder of the Prada fashion empire, a billionaire.
– 1956 – Vladislav Listyev (1995) – Russian journalist, TV presenter, first general director of ORT.
– 1960 – Bono – Irish rock musician, lead vocalist of the U2 group.
– 1962 – Anvar Chingizugli – Azerbaijani writer, historian and journalist.
– 1969 – Denis Bergkamp – Dutch football player.
– 1985 – Odette Juliette Annable – American actress and model.
– 1995 – Gabriela Papadakis – French figure skater (ice dance), 4-time world champion.