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History on the 10th of May

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10 May 1812 RELIGIOUS Birth of Frances Elizabeth Cox, English translator. She made 56 contributions to the 1841 publication, "Sacred Hymns from the German," including "Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above."
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10 May 1828 RELIGIOUS English church leader John Henry Newman wrote in a letter: 'I wish it were possible for words to put down those indefinite, vague and withal subtle feelings which quite pierce the soul and make it sick. What a veil and curtain this world of sense is. Beautiful, but still a veil.'
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10 May 1859 RELIGIOUS Birth of Wilhelm Wrede, a German Bible scholar who contended that the gospels reflected the theology of the primitive Church rather than the true history of Jesus. Wrede thus contributed his name to the title of Albert Schweitzer's 1906 theological classic: "The Quest of the Historical Jesus: From Reimarus to Wrede."
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10 May 1912 RELIGIOUS The first Southern Sociological Congress closed, in Nashville. The four-day convocation met to address "social, civic and economic problems" of sixteen Southern states, and was an example of government, social agencies and the Church working together for social betterment.
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10 May 1918 WW2 The first 8,000 men of the Czech Legion arrived in Vladivostok, Russia. But there was still no sign of shipping to take them out. The Legion had by this time grown to around 70,000 men including many new recruits picked up from prisoner of war camps en route. Although the decision had been taken weeks before, nobody in Vladivostok or in the Legion (which was strung out along the railway from the Kiev to Vladivostok) had been made aware of the Allies plan to link up with the forces at Archangel. The Japanese refused to co-operate and with no other real control or information about the Legion's future, many in the Legion were growing acutely suspicious of both the Bolsheviks and the Allies motives. 
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10 May 1920 WW2 Carrier Eagle held taxiing trials with Sopwith Camel fighters and Parnall Panther reconnaissance aircraft while still being docked. 
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10 May 1922 WW2 Miles Browning married Cathalene Isabella Parka, stepdaughter of Vice Admiral Clark H. Woodward. 
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10 May 1923 WW2 Hiroaki Abe became the chief torpedo officer of cruiser Tama. 
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10 May 1933 WW2 The German Labour Front was created. This vast corporation (which replaced the former Trade Union Associations) was intended to reconcile labourers, skilled workers and managers in a classless industrial structure for the benefit of the Reich. The German Labour Front would neither represent labour interests nor negotiate in determining wage rates (these functions being taken over by the new state commissioners without reference to the workforce). In addition striking was made illegal. 
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10 May 1933 WW2 After ten months of border skirmishing in the dispute Chaco region, Paraguay declared war on her northern neighbour Bolivia. The chief object of this declaration was to force a policy of strict neutrality on the part of Chile, Peru and Brazil, who all served as useful sources of supply to Bolivia. This was only partially successful as Chile's liberal definition of neutrality was more than offset by Argentina's benevolent attitude to Paraguay. 
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10 May 1933 WW2 Nazi Party members throughout Germany staged burnings of "unacceptable" books. 
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10 May 1938 WW2 Japanese 5th Fleet under the command of Admiral Koichi Shiozawa arrived the port city of Xiamen, China, delivering 2,000 Special Naval Landing Force troops near Fort Baishi, but outside of the range of the Chinese coastal guns. Chinese troops abandoned the fort. 
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10 May 1938 WW2 Tenryu provided naval gunfire support for the amphibious assault at Xiamen, China. 
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10 May 1939 RELIGIOUS The Declaration of Union reunited the Methodist Episcopal Church in the U.S. after 109 years of division. (The Methodist Protestant Church had separated from the parent denomination in 1830, as had the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, later, in 1844.)
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10 May 1940 WW2 Germany invaded the Allied nation of France and the neutral Low Countries. In France, Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed many French aircraft on the ground. German tanks crossed into neutral Luxembourg with relative ease, reaching the edge of the Ardennes Forest; the royal family of Luxembourg was evacuated to the south. In the Netherlands, German paratroopers quickly secured key bridges and airfields around Rotterdam and the Hague, but the plan to land troops at the Ypenburg airfield to capture the Dutch political leaders was foiled when Dutch fighters shot down 18 German Ju 52 transport planes; German tanks penetrated more than 10 miles into the Dutch border by the end of the day. In Belgium, 10 gliders landed 78 German airborne soldiers atop Fort Ebel Emael at the crossings of the Albert Canal and the River Meusse, pinning down the 700 Belgian defenders. British and French leaders enacted the Dyle Plan in response to the invasion, moving troops toward the Dyle River in Belgium where they were to form a defensive line. 
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10 May 1940 WW2 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had decided overnight to resign from this post, but the news of the German invasion of France and the Low Countries gave him second thoughts. Nevertheless, he decided to continue his plan to resign. Later in the day, Winston Churchill was asked to assume the post left vacant by Chamberlain. 
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10 May 1940 WW2 US Secretary of State Hull reiterated that the United States would not stand for any country establishing a protectorate over the Dutch East Indies; in response, the Japanese Foreign Minister indicated Japan's desire to maintain the political and economic status quo in the Pacific region. 
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10 May 1940 WW2 General Bernard Montgomery's forward units arrived, just after dark, to take up their designated positions on the eastern approaches to Brussels. They were were fired upon by Belgian soldiers who took them for German infiltrators. 
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10 May 1940 WW2 James Lacey was relocated with the No. 501 Squadron RAF to Bétheniville, Marne, France. 
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10 May 1940 WW2 RAF Kirton in Lindsey was officially opened as the Fighter Command base responsible for the air defence of the Humber area in northern England, United Kingdom. It had its satellites Coleby Grange, south of Lincoln, and Hibaldstow, just three miles away. No. 222 Squadron, whose pilots included the legendary Douglas Bader, were moved north with their Spitfire fighters from Duxford and were joined by the Hurricane fighters of No. 253 Squadron from Kenley. Bader was later to recall his time at Kirton as the period of "fun" for the squadron. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 Sparking a controversy that will last long after the war, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess landed in Scotland, United Kingdom with a Bf 110 fighter in an attempt to dissuade Duke of Hamilton to introduce him to King George VI in order to broker peace between the United Kingdom and Germany. This mission was not authorized by Adolf Hitler. He landed 12 miles from the Duke's residence, broke his ankle, and was arrested by a farmer. He was taken into custody and remained so until his death. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 A German rocket engine test reached the speed of 1,002 kilometers per hour. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 German submarine U-556 attacked Allied convoy OB-318 between Greenland and Iceland, sinking British ship Empire Caribou (34 killed, 11 survived) and Belgian ship Gand (1 killed, 43 survived) and damaging British ship Aelybryn (1 killed). 
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10 May 1941 WW2 British destroyers HMS Kelly, HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Kashmir, and HMS Kelvin from Malta bombarded Benghazi, Libya at 1700 hours; German dive bombers fought back but caused no damage. After nightfall, also in Libya, British gunboat HMS Ladybird shelled Gazala 30 miles west of Tobruk. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 German submarine U-110, captured by HMS Bulldog on the previous day, sank while being towed toward Iceland. Her Enigma cipher machine and code book, however, had already been retrieved by the British. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 The 200th Beaufighter aircraft was completed. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 Bulgaria established diplomatic relationship with the Japanese-sponsored puppet state of Manchukuo. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 Indian troops marched out the Falagi Pass, which was captured on the previous day, toward the 11,400-foot Mount Gumsa east of Amba Alagi, Abyssinia. Italian troops who held Mount Gumsa would be withdrawn into Amba Alagi after sundown. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 RAF bombers conducted a raid on Hamburg, Germany. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 British Lieutenant Anthony "Peter" Allan escaped the Oflag IV-C prisoner of war camp at Colditz Castle, Germany by hiding in a straw mattress that was being carried out of the camp by cooperative French laborers. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 Italian manufacturing firm Caproni delivered midget submarines CB-3, CB-4, CB-5, and CB-6 to the Italian Navy at La Spezia, Italy. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 Vice Admiral Toshio Shimazaki was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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10 May 1941 WW2 German bombers mounted what would turn out to be the last major raid on London, England, United Kingdom. Low tide on the River Thames made firefighting difficult as it was harder to draw water, thus fires caused more damage than usual. The Houses of Parliament were among the buildings damaged during this night. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 In response to reports that Germany might use gas weapons against Soviet troops, Churchill promised that the forces of the United Kingdom would retaliate with gas weapons if German launched them first. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 The Thai Phayap Army invaded Shan State, Burma. In western Burma, Gurkha units, rearguard to the British general retreat, held off another Japanese assault throughout the afternoon; they also withdrew westwards after sundown. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 A Japanese invasion force departed Rabaul for Ocean (Banaba) and Nauru Islands. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 A new concentration camp was opened near the village of Maly Trostenets near Minsk, Byelorussia. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 American submarine USS Porpoise rescued 5 USAAF pilots near New Guinea. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 German submarine U-506 damaged US tanker Aurora 50 kilometers south of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, killing 1 of 50 aboard; Aurora was later towed to Algiers, Louisiana for repairs. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Lieutenant Commander Koukichi Mori was named the commander officer of destroyer Yuzuki. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 P-51 Mustang fighters saw combat for the first time with RAF pilots in the cockpits. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 German submarine U-588 sank British ship Kitty's Brook 35 miles off of Nova Scotia, Canada; 9 were killed, 25 survived. To the south, U-333 sank British ship Clan Skene 300 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States; 9 were killed, 73 survived. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 German armed merchant cruiser Thor stopped Australian cargo and passenger transport Nankin with gunfire 1,500 miles west of Australia at 1430 hours, killing 2; Nankin's crew attempted to scuttle the ship, but the attempt was stopped by a boarding party from Thor which took control of the ship. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Shokaku arrived at Rabaul, New Britain. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Operation MG2 commenced from Alexandria, Egypt with British destroyers HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Jervis, and HMS Lively aiming to intercept an Axis convoy from Italy to Benghazi, Libya. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Tatsuta Maru departed Yokohama, Japan. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Masafumi Arima was assigned to the Yokosuka Naval District, Japan. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down two South African Hurricane fighters, Captain Cobbledick at 0913 hours and Lieutenant Flesker at 0915 hours, southeast of Martuba, Libya, raising his kill score to 56. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring prematurely announced that Malta had been neutralized. On the same day, British minelayer HMS Welshman, disguised as a French destroyer, arrived at Grand Harbour at Malta with RAF personnel and 240 tons of supplies. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 US Army General William Sharp received orders from General Jonathan Wainwright to surrender all US and Filipino troops on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, which he complied. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 20th Troop Carrier Squadron of US Sixth Air Force Base Command was assigned to Losey Field in Puerto Rico. 
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10 May 1942 WW2 The German 11th Army pushed through Soviet positions and advanced toward Sevastopol, Russia. Meanwhile, Axis aircraft attacked Soviet vessel Chernomorets evacuating 500 wounded troops from the Crimean Peninsula; all aboard the vessel were killed. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 The British 6th Armoured Division cut off German troops at Cape Bon, Tunisia. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 Shimakaze was commissioned into service. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 Japanese aircraft from Rabaul attacked American positions in the Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, but the attack was largely turned back by American fighters. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 USS Cisco was commissioned into service, Commander James W. Coe in command. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 59 Zero fighters, 7 J1N reconnaissance aircraft, and 47 G4M bombers arrived at Rabaul, New Britain. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 An experimental J1N1 aircraft arrived at Lakunaia Airfield, Rabaul, New Britain. It was armed with aerial burst bomb launchers, a weapon designed against US bombers. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 Heinz Guderian told Adolf Hitler of his misgivings about the Zitadelle plan. Uncharacteristically Hitler responded that, he too, had concerns about an offensive at Kursk, Russia. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 USS ABSD-1 was commissioned into service at Everett, Washington, United States with Captain Andrew R. Mack in command. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 Henry Arnold suffered his second heart attck and was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC, United States for several days. 
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10 May 1943 WW2 USS Whale departed Midway Atoll for her fourth war patrol. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 USS Cod sank Japanese destroyer Karukaya and a cargo ship by torpedoes and survived a heavy depth charge barrage. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 The French Resistance claimed a membership of over 100,000 and requested more military aid from the Allies. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 Repair ship Akashi was removed from the Japanese Navy List. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of ARGUS-17 departed. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 Japanese troops attacked Scraggy Hill near Imphal, India. 30 kilometers to the southwest, Bishenpur was attacked by a group of Japanese Zero fighters. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 Aleksandr Vasilevsky was wounded in the head at Sevastopol, Russia after his car drove over a mine and was evacuated to Moscow, Russia for treatment. 
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10 May 1944 WW2 Henry Arnold suffered his third heart attack. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Soviet troops regain control of Prague, Czechoslovakia, ending the 5-day uprising. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 U-977 surfaced near Holsenöy Island, Bergen, Norway to release 16 of the crewmen who wished to return home to their families. She then headed for Argentina. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Konrad Henlein passed away. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 US Navy aircraft attacked Japanese shipping off Korea. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Norwegian collaborator Vidkun Quisling was arrested. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Operation Kikusui No. 6 was launched off Okinawa, Japan, participated by about 70 Japanese Navy and 80 Japanese Army special attack and escorting aircraft. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Heinrich Hoffmann was arrested by the Americans. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Commander Keiji Koeu was named the commanding officer of destroyer Yukikaze. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 USS Miami departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 The German garrison in Dunkerque, France surrendered to a Czechoslovak armoured brigade, two days after the surrender of the main German army in its homeland. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 The surrender of Germany officially took effect at 0001 hours on this date. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Harold Watson flew a captured Ju 290 aircraft from München-Riem airport in southern Germany to another airfield near Nürnberg, Germany. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Jürgen Stroop surrendered to US troops in he village of Rottau in the Bavarian region of Germany under a false identity. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 The German resistance on the Hel Peninsula across the bay from Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland) ceased. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima was named the commanding officer of Takao Guard District in southern Taiwan. 
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10 May 1945 WW2 Manhattan Project Target Committee met at Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States to compile a list of potential atomic weapon targets in Japan. 
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10 May 1946 WW2 USS IX-300 (former German cruiser Prinz Eugen) departed for Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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10 May 1946 WW2 George Brett retired from the US Army at the rank of major general. 
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10 May 1946 WW2 The Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH merged with the MGB; Viktor Abakumov was made the head of this larger organization. 
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10 May 1946 WW2 USS Segundo completed her overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. 
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10 May 1947 WW2 He Yingqin was named the chairman of the military committee of the Office of the President of the Republic of China. 
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