Monday, May 10, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

MAY 10
1940:Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain after Neville Chamberlain steps aside.

1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union forces in Georgia.

1869: Railroad company officials drive a golden spike into the rails at Promontory Point, Utah, to symbolize the completion of America’s first transcontinental railroad.
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