May 10: Independence Day in Romania (1877)
Golden Spike Ceremony
- 28 BC – The first recorded observation of a sunspot was made by Han Dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han.
- 1824 – The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in the former townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein.
- 1869 – The Golden Spike Ceremony (pictured) was held at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States between the Missouri and Sacramento Rivers.
- 1941 – World War II: Nazi leader Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom.
- 1981 – François Mitterrand was elected to be the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic.
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