📜 This Day in History

May 10

• 28 BCChinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of a sunspot.
• 1775American Revolutionary War: Delegates from the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to convene the Second Continental Congress, which would serve as the de facto national government of the future United States.
• 1849A personal dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready in New York City devolved into a riot that left at least 22 dead and more than 120 injured.
• 1941World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the British government.
• 2005Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. president George W. Bush and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.
• 2017Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by the U.S. military, captured the Tabqa Dam and surrounding countryside, completing the Battle of Tabqa.

Born on this day

• 1878Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
• 1899Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)
• 1923Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)
• 1960Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist