WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. MAY
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American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general. (10. May 1864)

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia. (10. May 1865)

American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6. (10. May 1865)

The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike. (10. May 1869)

Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States. (10. May 1872)

Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence. (10. May 1877)

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883. (10. May 1893)

The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. (10. May 1904)

Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia. (10. May 1908)

Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island. (10. May 1916)

The United States annex the Kingman Reef. (10. May 1922)

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972. (10. May 1924)

Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings. (10. May 1933)

World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg. (10. May 1940)

World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid. (10. May 1941)

World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. (10. May 1941)