10 May
1818 – death of Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)
1957 – Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979) is born on this day
1960 – Bono, Irish singer (U2) is born on this day
1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer is born on this day as well
1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president
EDIT: to say it's mostly copy-pasted from wikipedia