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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_BC" title="28 BC">28 BC</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astronomy" title="Chinese astronomy">Chinese astronomers</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_of_the_Han_dynasty#Astronomical_observations" title="Science and technology of the Han dynasty">made the first precisely dated observation</a></b> of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot" title="Sunspot">sunspot</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese%E2%80%93Vietnamese_wars" title="Siamese–Vietnamese wars">Siamese–Vietnamese wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_V%C4%83n_Kh%C3%B4i" title="Lê Văn Khôi">Lê Văn Khôi</a> escaped from prison to begin <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_V%C4%83n_Kh%C3%B4i_revolt" title="Lê Văn Khôi revolt">a revolt</a></b> against Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_M%E1%BA%A1ng" title="Minh Mạng">Minh Mạng</a>, primarily to avenge his adoptive father, Vietnamese general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_V%C4%83n_Duy%E1%BB%87t" title="Lê Văn Duyệt">Lê Văn Duyệt</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916" title="1916">1916</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a> and five companions arrived at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia</a>, completing <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird" title="Voyage of the James Caird">a 1,300 km (800 mi) lifeboat voyage</a></b> over 16 days to obtain rescue for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition" title="Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition">Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: German forces commenced <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">their invasion of Belgium</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center" title="One World Trade Center">One World Trade Center</a></b> in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topping_out" title="Topping out">topped out</a> at a height of 1,776 feet (541 m).</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhart_Fuchs" title="Leonhart Fuchs">Leonhart Fuchs</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1566); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Barth" title="Karl Barth">Karl Barth</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1886); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kopit" title="Arthur Kopit">Arthur Kopit</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1937)</p>
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