SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014

Today is Saturday, May 10, the 130th day of 2014. There are 235 days left in the year.

1752 ― Benjamin Franklin’s first test of the lightning rod

1857 ― Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi

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

1908 ― First Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)

1933 ― Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany

1940 ― Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British P.M.

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

1991 ― Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt.

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

1994 ― Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with five neo-fascists