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Sunday, 10 May 2026

2008

An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.

2005

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.

2003

The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.

2002

F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.

1997

A 7.3 M_w 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.

1996

A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.

1994

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

1993

In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers.

1981

François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.

1979

The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.

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