Unix Timestamp: 1052524800
Saturday, May 10. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Stock markets rise significantly and bond prices fall around the world after investors are reassured by the European Union and International Monetary Fund’s nearly $1 trillion plan to avoid a European debt crisis. //www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2010-05-10-stocks-euro_N.htm ("USA Today") //www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7122352.ece ("The Times")

Voters in Burma go to the polls for the Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008 despite the widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis with widespread concerns about the legitimacy of the process. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7393058.stm (BBC News)

2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum: Hundreds of Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement reach the outskirts of Khartoum and engage in clashes with the Sudanese military. //ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g72XI4pMTIS_8vNapA9PDgI4wEoAD90ISVDO0 (AP via Google News)

President Bashar al-Assad states that Syria will not cooperate with a United Nations tribunal to try suspects in the suspected assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq al-Hariri. //www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2077000,00.html (The Guardian)

Philippine general election, 2004: Incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected for a 6-year term.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a 5-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first U.S. President, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.

The Russian Shuttle ''Buran'' is destroyed in the Buran hangar collapse, killing 8 workers.

An earthquake near Ardekul, in northeastern Iran, kills at least 2,400.

Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Chionships in Prague.

Mikhail Gorbachev visits China, the first Soviet leader to do so since the 1960s.

President Bush orders 1,900 U.S. troops to Panama to protect Americans there.

Carlos Menem wins the Argentine presidential election.

The government of President of Panama Manuel Noriega declares void the result of the May 7 presidential election, which Noriega had lost to Guillermo Endara.

The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Legislative Assembly meets for the first time.

Dan White receives a light sentence for killing San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, gay men in the city riot.

The Montréal Canadiens defeat the New York Rangers 4 games to 1 in the best-of-seven series, winning the Stanley Cup.

The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.

In the second day of violent demonstrations at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing 2 and injuring 12.

Lubbock Tornado: An "F5" tornado hits downtown Lubbock, Texas, the first to hit a downtown district of a major city since Topeka, Kansas in 1966 28 are killed.

The Boston Bruins win their first Stanley Cup since 1941 when Bobby Orr scores a goal 40 seconds into overtime for a 4-3 victory which completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues.

Ulrike Meinhof helps Andreas Baader escape.

Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent hate crime in Oxford, North Carolina.

The Greek military government accuses Andreas Papandreou of treason.

The nuclear submarine USS \\\'\\\'Triton\\\'\\\', under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth codenamed Operation Sandblast.

The nuclear submarine USS "Triton", under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth codenamed Operation Sandblast.

Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival António de Oliveira Salazar, Humberto Delgado utters one of the most famous comments in Portuguese political history: Obviamente, demito-o! (Obviously, I'll sack him!).

The town of Chemnitz in East Germany becomes "Karl Marx Stadt".

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her government flee to London Rotterdam is subjected to savage terror bombing by the Luftwaffe 980 are killed, and 20,000 buildings destroyed.

Battle of France begins

Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons, I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

With the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Battle of the Netherlands begins

Women's stockings made of nylon are first placed on sale across the United States. Almost five million pairs are bought on this day.

WWII: The Dutch army surrenders.

German forces invade Low Countries

Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard.

Iceland is invaded by the United Kingdom.

The very first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California.

WWII: German armies open a wide breach in the Maginot Line at Sedan, France.

Battle of Belgium begins

Invasion of Luxembourg begins

The National Pan-Hellenic Council is founded in Washington, D.C..

The animated short "Plane Crazy" is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric's television station W2XB (the station is popularly known as WGY Television, after its sister radio station WGY).

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia commences operations.

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation.

The Snaefell Mining Disaster occurs in the Isle of Man.

The United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable.

The Centennial Exposition begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.

Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.

Georges Bizet's comic operaDjamileh premieres at the Opera-Comique in Paris, France.

Treaty of Frankfurt is signed confirming the frontiers between Germany and France.

The First Transcontinental Railroad in North America is completed at Promontory, Utah, by driving of the golden spike.

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.

Indian rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.

The Astor Place Riot takes place in Manhattan over a dispute between two Shakesperean actors. Over 20 people are killed.

The Panic of 1837 begins in New York City.

The Egyptians, aided by Maronites, seize Acre from the Ottoman Empire after a 7-month siege.

Gustav IV Adolf is officially deposed from the Swedish throne by the Riksdag of the Estates.

William Pitt the Younger begins his second term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The pascha of Tripoli declares war on the United States by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.

The first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate "USS UNITED STATES", is commissioned.

The Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern"), Sweden's national drama company, is founded.

A hot air balloon crashes in Tullamore, Ireland, causing a fire that burns down about 100 houses, making it the world's first aviation disaster (by 36 days).

Louis XVI becomes King of France following the death of his grandfather, Louis XV.

John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the "North Briton" severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes protesters to riot in the Southwark district of London, troops fire on the mob, killing seven, the Massacre of St George's Fields.

In New France, Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ends his final term (multiple times over 43 years) as Governor of colonial French Louisiana, which he helped colonize he is succeeded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil (for the next 10 years) and returns to France.

English troops land on Jamaica.

Thirty Years\\\\\' War: After a two month siege, an Imperial army under the command of Tilly storms the German city of Magdeburg and brutally sacks it, massacring over 20,000 inhabitants. Shocked by the massacre, many protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire decide to ally with Gustav Adolf of Sweden and support his ongoing invasion.

Thirty Years' War: After a two month siege, an Imperial army under the command of Tilly storms the German city of Magdeburg and brutally sacks it, massacring over 20,000 inhabitants. Shocked by the massacre, many protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire decide to ally with Gustav Adolf of Sweden and support his ongoing invasion.

Shah Jahan marries Mumtaz Mahal.

Amsterdam: A small troop of Anabaptists, led by the minister Jacob van Geel, attacks the city hall in an attempted coup to seize the city. In the counter-attack by the city's militia, the burgemeester, Pieter Colijns, is killed by the rebels.

Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage.

The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to invade Hungary once again.

Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands, which he names "Las Tortugas" after the numerous sea turtles there.

Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.

Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King Edward I of England in mediating resolution of the succession crisis created by the death of King Alexander III of Scotland five years earlier.

Battle of Cameirge: The Milesian Irish Septs of the O'Donnells from Donegal, the O'Neills from Armagh and the O'Dohertys of Connacht defeat the last Tuathe de Danaan Sept the MacLochlainns of Tir-owen and Inish-Owen under Domhnall MacLochlainn.

Pope Agapitus II succeeds Pope Marinus II as the 129th pope.

Princess Tōchi is buried at a place named "Akō". The Emperor, her father, is graciously pleased to raise lament for her.

Titus opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem, he concentrates his attack on the city's Third Wall (HaHoma HaShlishit) to the northwest. The Roman army tries to breach the wall using "testudos", mantlets, siege towers, and battering rams.