May 10, 2008
Daily almanac
1541: Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. 1846: Gen. Zachary Taylor 's troops beat back invading Mexican forces at Palo Alto, Texas, in the Mexican-American War. 1945: President Harry S. Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. 1970: Antiwar protests took place across the United States and around the world. 2007: The Pentagon announced that it had notified more than 35,000 soldiers they would go to Iraq beginning in the fall. Comedian Don Rickles , 82; actor James Mitchum , 67; singer Enrique Iglesias , 33. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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