WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. MAY
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World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign. (10. May 1942)

First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. (10. May 1946)

The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991. (10. May 1948)

Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. (10. May 1954)

The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. (10. May 1960)

Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. (10. May 1962)

Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. (10. May 1969)

Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history. (10. May 1970)

Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan. (10. May 1975)

The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing. (10. May 1979)

François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic. (10. May 1981)

In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers. (10. May 1993)

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. (10. May 1994)

A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes. (10. May 1997)

The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix. (10. May 1997)

F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. (10. May 2002)

A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. (10. May 2005)

An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100. (10. May 2008)

The Damascus bombings were 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 (10. May 2012)

The Freedom Tower becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. (10. May 2013)