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2012-05-09 16:30

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012

Today is Thursday, May 10, the 131st day of 2012. There are 235 days left in the year.

1497 ― Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World

1752 ― Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod

1906 ― Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for first time

1908 ― First Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)

1959 ― Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan

1972 ― Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77

1981 ― Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estaing for president of France

1983 ― Lee Chin-yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul

1994 ― Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president

1994 ― Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with five neo-fascists
  • 1. NK launches three short-range guided missiles: defense ministry
  • 2. NK fires short-range missile into sea for 2nd day
  • 3. Israeli Spike missiles deployed
  • 4. Celebrities born with silver spoons
  • 5. Architect of economic development Nam dies
  • 6. NK defector policy needs fix
  • 7. Japan set to outpace Korea in growth
  • 8. Peak for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August
  • 9. Camera is Samsung's next cash-cow
  • 10. Student fakes kidnapping to hide poor exam score
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