The ephemeris of May 10: in 2001, the "Taubira law" was passed in France, recognizing slavery as a crime against humanity.

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Saint Solange Born in Cher, Solange, a shepherdess from the Bourges region, died there on May 10, 880, her head cut off by a noble suitor whom she had refused. The Solange are courageous and intelligent. Their color: blue. Their number : 1.

It happened on May 10th

1760 Birth of Rouget de Lisle, who wrote the lyrics to the Marseillaise in 1792. 1956 The Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival goes to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle for "The Silent World." 1963 First 45 rpm single by the Rolling Stones, "Come On," a cover of Chuck Berry. 1968 First night of the barricades of May 1968. On the night of May 10-11, in the Latin Quarter of Paris, violent clashes between students and CRS leave hundreds of injured and cause significant material damage. 1981 First election of a socialist president under the ^Fifth Republic in France: François Mitterrand.

1994 Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South Africa's first black president. 2013 Serge Méricq dies in Agen , he was involved in the disputed try in the French rugby championship final between Agen and Béziers. 2015 François Hollande inaugurates the ACTe Memorial in Pointe-à-Pitre, a Caribbean center for the expression and memory of the slave trade and slavery.

Claude Piéplu, French actor (1923-2006), Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor (1933), Donovan, American singer-songwriter (1946), Sid Vicious, British musician, bassist of the Sex Pistols (1957-1979), Emmanuelle Devos, French actress (1964), Sylvain Wiltord, French football player (1974).