Daily Almanac: May 10, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:31 a.m.
SET: 8:48 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 75 °F
LOW: 48 °F

Today is…:

• Bike To School Day
• National Shrimp Day
• Trust Your Intuition Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president. Mandela’s inauguration came after more than 300 years of white rule. Before becoming president, he was a pivotal figure in the fight against the racist apartheid regime and was incarcerated for 27 years.
• 1933 Nazis ceremonially burn about 25,000 allegedly “un-German” books. The book burnings were part of the right-wing German Student Union’s Action against the Un-German Spirit. Among the burnt books were works by Albert Einstein, Bertolt Brecht, Sigmund Freud, and Franz Kafka.
• 1869 In the United States, the first coast to coast railroad is completed. The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad systems were joined at Promontory Summit in Utah, using a “Golden Spike”. This last spike is now housed in the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford University.

Births On This Day:

• 1899 Fred Astaire
American actor, singer, dancer

• 1960 Bono
Irish singer-songwriter, actor, activist

Deaths On This Day:

• 1818 Paul Revere
American military officer
• 1863 Stonewall Jackson
American general