Today in History for 10th May 2017:
Historical Events
1823 – 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling
1922 – WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
1933 – Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1960 – John F. Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1982 – WABC joins ABC’s All Talk radio network
1995 – Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
Famous Birthdays
1741 – Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1873 – Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
1897 – Ewart Maurice Levy, 2nd Baronet
1942 – Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
Famous Deaths
1637 – Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
1807 – Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)
1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver, (b. 1935)
1992 – John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
1995 – Hilde Jarecki, educationist, dies at 83
2000 – Jules Deschênes, Quebec superior court judge (b. 1923)