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May 10th – On this day:

1924  J. Edgar Hoover becomes Director of the FBI.

1940   Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the UK.

1954   Rock Around the Clock is released. It will be the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the charts

Famous Birthdays:

1899   Fred Astaire (Dancer and Actor)

1838   John Wilkes Booth (Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln)

1957   Sid Vicious (Singer)

1960   Bono (Singer for U2)