Births on May 10

Sid Vicious

Born on May 10, 1957

Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (d. 1979)

Simon John Ritchie (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), aka John Beverley, and widely known as Sid Vicious, was an English musician. He is best known as the bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. Despite dying in 1979 at age 21, he remains an icon of the Punk subculture; one of his friends noted that he embodied "everything in punk that was dark, decadent and nihilistic."

References

Sid Vicious

Choose Another Date

Events on 1957

9 Jan

Suez Crisis
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
8 Mar

Suez Crisis
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
24 Jun

First Amendment to the United States Constitution
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
6 Jul

Paul McCartney
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
24 Sep

101st Airborne Division
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

Births on May 10

Sid Vicious

Born on May 10, 1957

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1957

Suez Crisis

Suez Crisis

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Paul McCartney

101st Airborne Division