History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com
John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor, David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind")
Dave Mason 1947 - Musician (Traffic), Sid Vicious 1957 - Musician (Sex Pistols) - Sex Pistols Merchandise, "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2)
1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
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