New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT May 10, 1933
The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany
ON THIS DATE 1869
A golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
1924
J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).
2013
The Internal Revenue Service apologized for what it acknowledged was “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.