Events on May 10

1994
Mandela becomes 1st Black President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South African President and becomes the country's first black head of state.

1940
Churchill Becomes Britain's Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister.

1897
Death of Andres Bonifacio
Together with his brother, Procopio, Andres Bonifacio is executed at Mt. Buntis, Maragondon, Cavite.