On May 10, 2002, Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who intermittently sold state secrets to Russia over the course of two decades, receives his sentencing for espionage: life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Eight climbers die on Mount Everest during a storm on May 10, 1996.

In South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is sworn in as the first Black president of South Africa.

On May 10, 1980, United States Secretary of the Treasury G.

On May 10, 1970, 40 seconds into overtime of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final, Boston Bruins star Bobby Orr slips the winning goal past St.

Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on this day planning to negotiate peace with the British – without the knowledge or approval of his boss, Adolf Hitler.

Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.

J. Edgar Hoover is named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI) on May 10, 1924.

In a landmark decision that would shape the future of American law enforcement, J.

Historic Milestone: The Completion of America's Transcontinental Railroad Promontory, Utah, April 10, 1869 - A significant chapter in American history was inscribed today as the final spike of the transcontinental railroad was driven into the ground, symbolizing the culmination of a monumental engineering feat.