May 10

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1503	Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.	The Turtles	It Was a Very Good Year	It Ain't Me Babe
2	1768	John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.	Exclaim	Critic Asshole	Critical Exploder
3	1801	First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.	The Flaming Lips	Halloween on the Barbary Coast	Hit to Death in the Future Head
4	1893	The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.	Radiohead	Vegetable	Pablo Honey
5	1908	Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.	The Wedding Present	Mothers	Seamonsters
6	1924	J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.	Hoover	Cable	20 Years of Dischord
7	1954	Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.	Belle & Sebastian	Sleep the Clock Around	Boy with the Arab Strap
8	2002	F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.	Q and Not U	Collect the Diamonds	Power

(Historical facts about May 10 are from Wikipedia.)