Today In History

What happened on May 10^th?
1424: Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan dies
1837: Panic as NYC banks fail and unemployment peaks
1924: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed as director of FBI
1940: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister UK
1954: Bill Haley & His Comets ‘Rock Around the Clock’
1960: U2-frontman Bono is born in Ireland
1981: François Mitterand wins election in France as Socialist
1994: N. Mandela inaugurated as first black president