Feast Day (2) | International Day (1) | Doppelgängers (9) | Birthdays (5) | Events (3) | Passed (4)
May 10, 2026
2 Feast Days
Saint John of Ávila: His feast is celebrated on May 10; he was canonized in 1970 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 2012.
Saint Damien of Molokai: His feast is also observed on May 10 in the Catholic Church; he is remembered for his ministry to people with leprosy in Hawaii
1 International Day
May 10 is recognize as the International Day of...
Mother’s Day — Canada and United States
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.
9 Doppelgängers Today
I track 9,188 doppelgängers out of 21,283 people in my custom software, specializing in look alikes who were born in the same week in history. Similar looking public figures are always born within a few days of each other. This is a phenommenon seen across all of documented history.
Born within 4 days in 1898
Born on May 6, 1898 Daniel Frank GerberAmerican purveyor of baby food and baby products |
Born on May 10, 1898 (1898 - 1974) Herbert ElwellAmerican composer and music critic |
Born within 2 days in 1898
Born on May 8, 1898 Vera ChapmanBritish author and founder of the Tolkien Society in the United Kingdom, and also wrote a number of pseudo-historical and Arthurian books |
Born on May 10, 1898 (1898 - 1981) Ariel DurantRussian-born American researcher and writer |
Born within 1 day in 1918
Born on May 9, 1918 (1918 - 2012) Mike WallaceAmerican journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career |
Born on May 10, 1918 (1918 - 1954) George WelchWorld War II flying ace, a Medal of Honor nominee, and an experimental aircraft pilot after the war |
Born within 4 days in 1950
Born on May 14, 1950 Linda ForsythePlaymate of the Month for February 1970 |
Born on May 10, 1950 Natalya BondarchukDaughter of Soviet director and actor Sergei Bondarchuk and Russian actress Inna Makarova |
Born on the same day in 1823
Born on May 10, 1823 (1823 - 1860) Phineas GageAmerican railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable[B1]: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life—effects sufficiently profound that friends saw him |
Born on May 10, 1823 John Sherman |
Born within 7 days in 1849
Born on May 3, 1849 Bertha BenzGerman automotive pioneer and inventor, business partner and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz |
Born on May 10, 1849 (1849 - 1888) Martha TabramCould be first victim of Jack the Ripper on 7 August 1888 |
Born within 5 days in 1963
Born on May 15, 1963 Kristen VigardAmerican actress and singer |
Born on May 10, 1963 Lisa M NowakLt Cmdr USN/astronaut |
Born on the same day in 1926
Born on May 10, 1926 (1926 - 2010) Carol MarshEnglish actress best known for playing the part of Rose in the 1947 film Brighton Rock. |
Born on May 10, 1926 (1926 - 2004) Tichi Wilkerson KasselAmerican film personality and the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. |
Born within 8 days in 1885
Born on May 2, 1885 (1885 - 1966) Hedda HopperAmerican gossip columnist and actress |
Born on May 10, 1885 (1885 - 1965) Mae MurrayAmerican actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter |
5 Birthdays Today
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Fred Astaire
American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years
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Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
wife of the real-estate developer Fred Trump and the mother of five children, including U.S. President Donald Trump.
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James Gordon Bennett Jr.
Publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr.
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Phineas Gage
American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable[B1]: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life—effects sufficiently profound that friends saw him
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John Wilkes Booth
American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865
John Wilkes Booth's most talked about accomplice was Mary Surrat, a boarding house owner who housed anti-abolitionists.
3 Events
On This Day
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Date with the Angels
It happened on May 10, 1957
Featuring: Betty White.
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The town of Rogers, Arkansas is founded. Named after Captain Charles Warrington Rogers, it would eventually become the home of the first Wal-Mart store, in 1962
It happened on May 10, 1881
Featuring: Charles Warrington Rogers.
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Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president
It happened on May 10, 1994
Featuring: Nelson Mandela.
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4 People Who
Passed On This Day
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Edith Lynne Haldeman
The mysterious sister of Maye Musk
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Belle da Costa Greene
American librarian best known for managing and developing the personal library of J.P. Morgan after Morgan's death in 1913
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Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general (1861–1863) during the American Civil War
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Henry Morton Stanley
Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.