On this day — May 10

the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.

It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.

President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.

killing eight climbers by the next day.

It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.

becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.