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| May 10th, 2005 | Event | A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. |
| May 10th, 2003 | Event | The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place. |
| May 10th, 2002 | Event | F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. |
| May 10th, 2001 | Event | In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators. |
| May 10th, 1997 | Event | Pope John Paul II visits Lebanon. |
| May 10th, 1996 | Event | Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI). |
| May 10th, 1996 | Event | A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain s history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit. |
| May 10th, 1994 | Event | Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa s first black president. |
| May 10th, 1993 | Event | In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers, mostly young women. |
| May 10th, 1982 | Event | WABC stopped playing music on May 10, 1982 a date known as "the day the music died". The main reason was due to FM Radio having better sound. |
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