Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 10th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-10-O5O51EMSNV
Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: John Wilkes Booth
Today's Observance: Mother's Day
Bummer May 10
May 10, 1692: Sarah Osborne of the Massachusetts Bay Colony dies in prison where she’s been awaiting trial, having been accused of witchcraft.
May 10, 1933: Led by Joseph Goebbels, a crowd of 40,000 Germans gathers at the State Opera building in Berlin to watch the German Student Union burn approximately 25,000 books that they’ve decided are “un-German.”
May 10, 1943: Fire destroys the grounds of the National Library of Peru in Lima, taking it with numerous irreplaceable historical artifacts.
May 10, 1992: Singer and actress Sylvia Blagman Syms suffers a heart attack and dies during the standing ovation while performing in the Oak Room cabaret of the Algonquin Hotel.
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