📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 - May 10

📜 Events:

* 1503 — Christopher Columbus lands on the present-day Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas, due to the large number of turtles he found on the islands.

* 1773 — The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, intended to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to colonial provinces in North America.

* 1789 — Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, better known as Tiradentes, is arrested in Rio de Janeiro, the administrative center of the State of Brazil, on charges of participating in the Minas Conspiracy.

* 1869 — Completed in Promontory, Utah, with the “Golden Spike” ceremony, the First Transcontinental Railroad connecting the east to the west of the United States.

* 1933 — Censorship: in Germany, the Nazis carry out large book burnings in public squares.

* 1962 — American cartoonists Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create the character Hulk, who appears for the first time to the public in the first issue of the magazine The Incredible Hulk, published by Marvel Comics.

* 1994 — Nelson Mandela is sworn in as the first black president of South Africa.

*⭐ Births:*

* 1491 — Susana of Bourbon (d. 1521).

* 1746 — Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818).

* 1808 — Manuel Luís Osório, Brazilian military officer and politician (d. 1879).

* 1899 — Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987).

* 1960 — Bono, Irish singer and musician.

* 1969 — Dennis Bergkamp, former Dutch footballer.

* 1997 — Richarlison, Brazilian footballer.

*🕊️ Deaths:*

* 1774 — Louis XV of France (b. 1710).

* 1798 — George Vancouver, British navigator and explorer (b. 1757).

* 1849 — Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760).

* 1863 — Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824).

* 1977 — Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905).

* 2010 — Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (b. 1928).

* 2017 — Nelson Xavier, Brazilian actor (b. 1941).

*📍 Holidays and Cyclical Events:*

* World Lupus Day — WHO

*Brazil:*

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Maringá — Paraná

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Itaperuna — Rio de Janeiro

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Venda Nova do Imigrante — Espírito Santo

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Laranja da Terra — Espírito Santo

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Lagoa Vermelha — Rio Grande do Sul

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Correia Pinto — Santa Catarina

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Otacílio Costa — Santa Catarina

* Anniversary of the Municipality of São Geraldo do Araguaia - Pará

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Curionópolis — Pará

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Parauapebas — Pará

* Anniversary of the Municipality of Riacho de Santana — Rio Grande do Norte

* Anniversary of the Chapecoense Football Association — Santa Catarina

* Field Day

* Cavalry Day

* Cook’s Day

* Mother’s Day
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