Today is Thursday, May tenth, the 130th day of 2001. There are 235 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May tenth, 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Georgia. On this date: In 1774, Louis the 16th ascended the throne of France. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, New York. In 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director. In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany. In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government. In 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau prison until 1987, when he died, an apparent suicide.) In 1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris. In 1981, Socialist Francois Mitterrand defeated incumbent Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the second round of France's presidential election. In 1994, the state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys. Ten years ago: Alexander Bessmertnykh became the first Soviet foreign minister to visit Israel as he met with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister David Levy. Five years ago: Two Marine helicopters collided in the dark and crashed in a swamp at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a US-British training exercise, killing 14 people. One year ago: High wind drove what began as a deliberately set fire into a New Mexico canyon, forcing the evacuation of the entire town of Los Alamos and its 11,000 residents. (The fire had been set to contain an earlier blaze intended to clear brush.) Actor Craig Stevens, who'd starred in the 1950's TV series "Peter Gunn," died in Los Angeles at age 81. Today's Birthdays: Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 71. TV and radio personality Gary Owens is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 63. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 57. Singer Donovan Leitch is 55. Singer Dave Mason is 55. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Banks (The Dramatics) is 50. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 41. Rock musician Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 36. Rapper Young MC is 34. Actor Erik Palladino ("ER") is 33. Rock musician Jesse Vest (Tantric) is 24. Actor Kenan Thompson is 23. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 21. "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." -- William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)