Historical Events - May 10.

1824: The National Gallery in London opened to the public.

1857: Indian Rebellion of 1857- In India, the first war of Independence began. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut. 

1899: Execution of Mahadev Vinayak Ranade for murdering Dravidian brothers in Rand murder case.

1907: Swatantryaveer Savarkar celebrates the golden jubilee of the 1857 freedom struggle in London.

1937: Unconditional release of Swatantryaveer Savarkar from Ratnagiri.

1940: World War II – Hitler invades Holland, Belgium, and France.

1940: World War II – Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.

1962: Marvel Comics published the first issue of The Incredible Hulk magazine.

1979: Micronesia became a republic.

1993: Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice.

1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa.

2005: India and Pakistan agreed to start the Lahore-Amritsar bus service.

2006: ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin signed an agreement to put two US scientific instruments on India’s Chandrayaan 1 to be sent to the moon.

Famous Birthdays   – May 10.

1265: Emperor Fushimi, the 92nd emperor of Japan.

1855: Sri Yukteswar Giri, an Indian monk and yogi.

1671: Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal.

1905: Pankaj Mullick, a Bengali Indian music composer, playback singer, and actor.

1909: B. S. Kesavan, the first National Librarian of independent India. 

1918: Rameshwarnath Kao, Founder President of the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

1927: Kunjunni Mash, an Indian poet of Malayalam literature.

1927: Nayantara Sahgal, an Indian writer.

1932: Jagdish Khebudkar, an Indian Marathi litterateur and lyricist of Marathi cinema.

1937: Manik Godghate, popularly known by his pen name Grace, a Marathi prose writer and poet.

1951: V. K. Singh, an Indian politician and a former four-star General in the Indian Army.

1954: Prakash Ambedkar, an Indian politician, social activist, writer, and lawyer.

Death Anniversaries - May 10.

1774: Louis XV, King of France.

1899: Execution of Mahadev Vinayak Ranade for murdering Dravidian brothers in Rand murder case.

1998: Yadunath Thatte, a Marathi journalist, editor, biographer, social worker, and socialist leader from Maharashtra, India. 

2002: Kaifi Azmi, an Indian Urdu poet.