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May 10th, 2005EventA 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, 2003EventThe May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
May 10th, 2002EventF.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, 2001EventIn Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
May 10th, 1997EventPope John Paul II visits Lebanon.
May 10th, 1996EventExcel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI).
May 10th, 1996EventA "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, 1994EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa s first black president.
May 10th, 1993EventIn Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers, mostly young women.
May 10th, 1982EventWABC 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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