May 10th
- 1815 – Henry Bibb born.
- 1844 – Josiah Dunham died, aged 75.
- 1865 – Clark L. Hockensmith died, aged 56.
- 1865 – Jefferson Davis left office as Confederate States President.
- 1865 – John C. Breckinridge left office as Confederate States Secretary of War.
- 1869 – Rachel Davis Harris born.
- 1870 – Joseph Horace Lewis entered office as US House of Representatives, 3rd District.
- 1872 – Harry Berte born.
- 1918 – Jane Mayhall born.
- 1944 – Tom Hammond born.
- 1985 – Rice Mountjoy died, aged 84.
- 1994 – Cleanth Brooks died, aged 87.
- 2015 – Davey Whitney died, aged 85.
