Today is Saturday, May 10, the 130th day of 2025 with 235 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include British statesman/scholar James Bryce in 1838; Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth in 1838; musician Max Steiner in 1888; actor/dancer Fred Astaire in 1899; filmmaker David O. Selznick in 1902; musician Maybelle Carter in 1909; actor Nancy Walker in 1922; Football Hall of Fame member/sportscaster Pat Summerall in 1930; writer Barbara Taylor Bradford in 1933; actor Gary Owens in 1934; musician Dave Mason in 1946 (age 79); John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman in 1955 (age 70); musician Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) in 1957; actor Alex Jennings in 1957 (age 68); astronaut Ellen Ochoa in 1958 (age 67); musician Bono (U2) in 1960 (age 65); musician Danny Carey (Tool) in 1961 (age 64); astronaut Lisa Nowak in 1963 (age 62); model Linda Evangelista in 1965 (age 60); musician/actor Young MC in 1967 (age 58); musician Richard Patrick (Filter) in 1968 (age 57); Motorsports Hall of Fame of America member Helio Castroneves in 1975 (age 50); actor Andrea Anders in 1975 (age 50); actor Todd Lowe in 1977 (age 48); musician Jesse Vest (Tantric/Days of the New) in 1977 (age 48); actor/comedian Kenan Thompson in 1978 (age 47); actor Odette Annable in 1985 (age 40); actor Lindsey Shaw in 1989 (age 36); actor Lauren Potter in 1990 (age 35); actor Halston Sage in 1993 (age 32); U.S. Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin in 1995 (age 30); actor Michael Gandolfini in 1999 (age 26).
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In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union troops. He spent the next two years in prison.
In 1869, the "golden spike" was driven at Promontory, Utah, joining the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific lines to form America's first transcontinental railway.
In 1908, Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the United States.
In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the FBI. He held the position until his death in 1972.
In 1940, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, swinging 89 army divisions around France's so-called impregnable Maginot Line.
In 1940, Winston Churchill became prime minister of Great Britain.
In 1984, a federal judge in Utah found the U.S. government negligent in above-ground Nevada nuclear tests from 1951 to 1962 that exposed downwind residents to radiation.
In 1990, China, in an attempt to show an improving human rights record, released 211 people jailed since the previous year's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. Most of the prisoners were arrested during protests in Tiananmen Square.
In 1994, John Wayne Gacy, the convicted killer of 33 young men and boys, was executed in Illinois.
In 2002, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who had spied for the Soviet Union and Russia for more than 20 years, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
In 2007, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would step down in June after 10 years in office.
In 2013, the Internal Revenue Service apologized for giving special scrutiny to applications for tax-exempt status that used the words "Tea Party" or "patriots."
In 2014, Michael Sam, former Missouri defensive end, was drafted in the seventh round by the St. Louis Rams -- the first openly gay player to be selected by an NFL team.
In 2022, after more than 20 years Apple announced it was ending production of its iPod music player.
"A thought for the day: "Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." -- American poet Langston Hughes
