What happend on 10th May

09.05
11.05
2005

A live hand grenade lands about 100 feet from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.

2003

May 2003 tornado outbreak ends.

2002

Lynda Lyon Block is executed in Yellow Mama, the electric chair of Alabama.

2002

FBI agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.

2001

In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.

1998

National elections are held in Hungary.

1997

An earthquake near Ardekul in northeastern Iran kills at least 2,400 people.

1996

John XIII becomes Pope.

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

An annular eclipse of the sun is visible across much of North America.