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What Happened On 10th May 2012 In History

May 10th (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 10th May, 2012

  • » The 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings or Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others

May 10th Famous Deaths for 2012

  • » Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
  • » Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American pilot (b. 1909)
  • » Günther Kaufmann, German actor (b. 1947)
  • » Joyce Redman, Irish-English actress (b. 1918)
  • » Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1970)
  • » Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)
  • » Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)
  • » Walter Wink, American theologian and scholar (b. 1935)

May 10th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Alphius (martyr) called Alphius, Philadelphus, and Cyrinus
  • » Aurelian of Limoges
  • » Calepodius
  • » Catald
  • » Comgall
  • » Saint Damien of Molokai called Damien of Molokai (canonized October 11, 2009)
  • » Gordianus and Epimachus
  • » John of Avila
  • » Solange
  • » May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)
  • » Constitution Day (Federated States of Micronesia)
  • » Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; celebrated seven weeks after Easter Day. (Christianity)

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