Originally Posted by
Barry
10 May 1850
Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of Lipton's grocery chain who went from errand boy to millionaire by the age of 30, was born in Glssgow.
10 May 1940
Neville Chamberlain quit as PM. Winston Churchill formed a coalition government wartime government saying "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat".
10 May 1941
Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputy, parachuted into Scotland in an effort to negotiate a peace settlement but was arrested and imprisoned for the remainder of World War II.
10 May 1994
Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president.
Birthdays:
Graham Gouldman, songwriter (10cc), 78
Maureen Lipman, actress, 78
Bono, rock singer, 64.