Today in History

Births On This Day, May 23rd 🎂

1972 Rubens Barrichello
Brazilian race car driver

1954 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
American boxer

1921 Humphrey Lyttelton
English trumpet player, composer

1848 Otto Lilienthal
German pilot, engineer

1707 Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist

Deaths On This Day, May 23rd 🪦

2009 Roh Moo-hyun
South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea

1995 Harold Wilson
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1937 John D. Rockefeller
American businessman, philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company

1906 Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian poet, playwright, director

1868 Kit Carson
American soldier
 

On This Day In History, May 24th

2001 23 die in the Jerusalem wedding hall disaster
Hundreds of wedding guests fell two stories deep when a portion of the third floor collapsed. The tragedy was Israel's worst civil disaster.

1970 Engineers begin drilling the world's deepest hole
The Kola Superdeep Borehole had reached the unsurpassed depth of 12,262 meters (40,230 feet) before the project was abandoned due to a lack of funding.

1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held
Lys Assia won the first edition for Switzerland. The ESC is a major song contest in Europe and one of the world's longest-running TV programs. It is held in a different country each year.

1930 Amy Johnson flies solo from England to Australia
The English aviatrix was the first woman to achieve this feat. Her 18,000 km (11,000 mi) flight aboard a de Havilland Gypsy Moth aircraft took her from Croydon, U.K. to Darwin, Australia in 19 days.

1830 Mary had a little lamb is published
Sarah Josepha Hale's poem is one of the best-known English language nursery rhymes.
 
Births On This Day, May 24th 🎂

1963 Michael Chabon
American author

1945 Priscilla Presley
American actress, businesswoman

1941 Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1819 Queen Victoria
of the United Kingdom

1671 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Deaths On This Day, May 24th 🪦

2007 Bill Johnston
Australian cricketer

1974 Duke Ellington
American pianist, composer, and bandleader

1632 Robert Hues
English mathematician, geographer

1543 Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician, astronomer

1153 David I of Scotland
 

1878
W.S. Gilbert&Arthur Sullivan's comic opera' H.M.S. Pinafore' debuts in London becoming their 1st international successful production. Other well known ones are 'The Pirates of Penzance', The Mikado'
1927
Henry Ford announces he's ending production of the Model T Ford, 15 million were produced
1935
U.S. athlete, Jesse Owens in a span of 45 minutes, ties or breaks 4 world records at a Big 10 meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Its remembered as'greatest 45 minutes ever in sports history'
1968
Rolling Stones release single' Jumpin Jack Flash',was #1 in UK Singles Chart # 3 on Billboard Top 100 Chart
2023
militia founder, of "Oath Keepers', Stewart Rhodes is sentenced to 18 yrs in prison for organizing the Jan 6th attack on the U. S. Captiol in Washington,DC His sentenced was commuted in Jan 2025 by new POTUS in the White House
 
27th May 1964
Eleven young boys were suspended from Woodlands Comprehensive School in Coventry, England for having Mick Jagger style haircuts. Headmaster Donald Thompson said the lads were sent home because their hair was "long and scruffy", but they could return "if they cut their hair neatly, like the Beatles."
 
27th May

1153 Malcolm IV (or Máel Coluim mac Eanric) became King of Scotland. He was noted for his religious zeal and interest in knighthood and warfare. For much of his reign he was in poor health and died, unmarried, at the age of twenty-four.

1679 Britain passed the Habeas Corpus Act which made it illegal to hold anyone in prison without a trial.

1941 World War II Royal Naval ships Dorsetshire, King George V and Rodney attacked and sank the German battleship Bismarck.

1994 Alexander Solzhenitsyn flew back to his native Russia after 20 years living in exile.

201 34 year old Edward McKenzie-Green, former head of counter-fraud at Oxfam, was jailed for more than two years after using fake companies to defraud Oxfam of more than £64,000.
 
1930
Richard Drew invents masking tape
1933
Walt Disney's short film' 3 Little Pigs' is released wins Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 1934
1963
Columbia Records releases 2nd studio album' 'The Free Wheelin Bob Dylan', contains hits ' Blowin In The Wind', A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall', 'Don't Think Twice Its Alright'
1995
actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition in Culpepper, VA. He died in 2004 age 52
2023
Vice President, Kamala Harris becomes the 1st woman to deliver graduation commencement address at U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY
 
On This Day In History, May 28th

1998 Pakistan detonates five atom bombs
The nuclear tests came as a response to India's tests just days earlier. Fearing a devastating conflict between the two nuclear powers, a number of countries, including the U.S. and Japan, imposed economic sanctions.

1987 Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow
The 19-year old West German amateur pilot illegally landed his Cessna in the heart of the Russian capital at the height of the Cold War.

1961 Amnesty International is founded
The publication of Peter Benenson's article “The forgotten prisoners” is commonly considered the organization's birth hour. Amnesty International is one of the world's most influential human rights organizations.

1937 Volkswagen (VW) is founded
The automobile manufacturer whose name means “People's Car” in German is one of the world's biggest. It produced classics like the VW Golf and the VW Beetle.

1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication
In this landmark paper, the British computer pioneer described the Turing Machine and defined the inherent limits of computation.
 
Births On This Day, May 28th 🎂

1968 Kylie Minogue
Australian singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1944 Rudy Giuliani
American lawyer, politician, 107th Mayor of New York City

1923 György Ligeti
Romanian/Austrian composer

1908 Ian Fleming
English journalist, author

1883 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician

Deaths On This Day, May 28th 🪦

2014 Maya Angelou
American author, poet, actress, director

1972 Edward VIII
of the United Kingdom

1937 Alfred Adler
Austrian psychologist

1849 Anne Brontë
English author, poet

1843 Noah Webster
American lexicographer, author
 
28th May

1503 James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor were married by Pope Alexander VI. The marriage was intended to solidify the "Treaty of Everlasting Peace" and foster better relations between Scotland and England. It was hoped that the union would prevent future conflict and promote stability in the region.

1533 The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn was valid.

1907 The first Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) motor cycle races were held.

1945 World War II: the English broadcaster of Nazi propaganda, William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) was captured near Hamburg. He was later tried for treason, found guilty, and hanged.

1967 Sir Francis Chichester arrived in Plymouth on his yacht, Gipsy Moth IV, after completing his solo voyage around the world.

1982 British troops captured Port Darwin and Goose Green during the Falklands War, taking approximately 1,000 Argentine prisoners.

1990 'The Maiden' arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by Tracy Edwards.
 
On This Day In History, May 29th

1999 Olusegun Obasanjo wins Nigeria's first free elections in 16 years
The former Nigerian Army general and military ruler oversaw a democratization process that defines the country's political system to the present day.

1996 Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Israel's prime minister
The conservative politician is criticized for hampering the peace process that former prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, had promoted.

1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquer Mount Everest
The first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain came after Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans had come within 100 meters of the summit just three days previously.

1942 Bing Crosby records White Christmas
Crosby's rendition of Irving Berlin's song became the most successful of his career and the best-selling Christmas single in history.

1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps is premiered
he performance sparked a riot in the audience as many felt its irregular beat and the percussive character was a sacrilege against music. Today, it is considered one of the key works of 20th-century art music.
 
Births On This Day, May 29th 🎂

1984 Carmelo Anthony
American basketball player

1967 Noel Gallagher
English singer-songwriter, guitarist

1922 Iannis Xenakis
Greek/French composer, engineer, theorist

1917 John F. Kennedy
American lieutenant, politician, 35th President of the United States

1914 Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese mountaineer

Deaths On This Day, May 29th 🪦

2013 Henry Morgentaler
Polish/Canadian physician

2010 Dennis Hopper
American actor, director

1997 Jeff Buckley
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1892 Bahá'u'lláh
Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith

1829 Humphry Davy
English chemist, physicist
 
29th May

1660 Charles II marched into London and was restored to the throne, 11 years after the execution of his father Charles I. Due to the lengthy preparations and the fact that a new set of regalia had to be made for the occasion, as the previous set had been melted down during the Commonwealth period, his coronation did not take place in the Abbey until 23rd April 1661.

1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border.

1954 Diane Leather, of Birmingham University, became the first woman to run a mile in under 5 minutes. Her time was 4 min 59.6 seconds.

1972 Three Japanese gunmen opened fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people and injuring dozens more.

1982 In the first Papal visit to Britain since 1531, Polish born Pope John Paul II prayed alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first ever pontiff to visit the cathedral.
 
On This Day In History, May 30th

2011, Germany abandoned nuclear energy
The government's decision followed the nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima power plant and years of hands-on protests and activism by Germany's powerful anti-nuclear movement.

1967 The Republic of Biafra is proclaimed
The short-lived state consisted of Nigeria's Eastern Region. Its secession sparked the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted until 1970 and resulted in the region's re-integration into Nigeria.

1962 Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is premiered
The work was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which had been destroyed in World War II. It juxtaposes the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead with war poems by Wilfred Owen.

1961 The Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, is assassinated
El Jefe had been the Dominican Republic's President for 31 years. Despite the assassination, the intended removal of the dictatorship in the Caribbean country failed as the ruler's son, Ramfis Trujillo, soon stepped into his father's shoes.

1911 The first Indianapolis 500 is held
Ray Harroun won the first running of the 500-mile automobile race, which is today one of the world's most prestigious sporting events.
 
Births On This Day, May 30th 🎂

1980 Steven Gerrard
English footballer

1971 Idina Menzel
American singer-songwriter, actress

1949 Bob Willis
English cricketer

1846 Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian goldsmith, jeweller

1814 Mikhail Bakunin
Russian philosopher, theorist


Deaths On This Day, May 30th 🪦

1993 Sun Ra
American pianist, composer, bandleader, and poet

1960 Boris Pasternak
Russian author, poet, and Nobel Prize laureate

1778 Voltaire
French philosopher

1640 Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish painter

1431 Joan of Arc
 
1821
James Boyd patents rubber fire hose
1906
Hershey Park in Hershey,Pa was founded by chocolate tycoon, Milton S. Hershey for the use of his employees. In 1923, they had their 1st roller coaster,'The Wild Cat'. In 1970 began redevelopment of the park. The street lights along Chocolate Ave are shaped liked Hershey's Kisses
On a personal note, I was there in the early 80's with friends, you could smell chocolate in the air as you approached the park
1922
Lincoln Memorial in Washington,DC designed by Henry Bacon was dedicated by Pres William Taft in front of 50,000
1964
The Beatles single' Love Me Do' hits #1 on U.S. music charts for a week It was their 1st song to hit the top spot
1987
Phillips Company unveils compact disc/video format {CD/V}
2017
singer/actress, Olivia Newton-John Newton announces her breast cancer which had been in remission returned after 25yrs,sadly she died in 2022 age 73
2024
Vermont becomes 1st U.S. state to pass a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by climate change
 
On This Day In History, May 31st

2013 The widest tornado ever recorded hits El Reno, Oklahoma
The storm had a width of 4.2 km (2.6 mi). Nine people were killed as it swept over rural areas of Central Oklahoma.

2005 Deep Throat reveals himself
Former FBI agent Mark Felt admitted that he was the most important informant in the 1970's Watergate scandal which uncovered the dirty tricks of the Nixon administration, ultimately leading to Nixon's resignation.

1961 South Africa becomes an independent republic
Following international criticism of the country's Apartheid regime, it had to leave the Commonwealth of Nations. The system of racial segregation was gradually abolished in the early 1990s.

1879 Werner von Siemens presents the world's first electric locomotive
Von Siemens' landmark invention was soon used in trams. 1881 saw the introduction of the world's first electric tram in Berlin, Germany.

1859, The Great Clock housing Big Ben starts keeping time
The clock at the top of Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the British Houses of Parliament is one of the world's best-known timekeepers.
 
Births On This Day, May 31st 🎂

1976 Colin Farrell
Irish actor

1945 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German actor, director, screenwriter

1930 Clint Eastwood
American actor, director, producer, politician

1894 Fred Allen
American comedian, actor, radio host

1819 Walt Whitman
American poet, author

Deaths On This Day, May 31st 🪦

2010 Louise Bourgeois
French/American sculptor

1996 Timothy Leary
American psychologist, author

1983 Jack Dempsey
American boxer

1837 Joseph Grimaldi
English actor, dancer

1809 Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
 
Pam said:
1371 - King Robert II of Scotland succeeded to the throne, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

1857 The birth of Sir Robert (Stephenson Smyth) Baden-Powell, English hero of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.

1908 John Mills, English film and television actor, was born.

1969 - The last time all four Beatles were together for a recording session.
Click to expand...
💪
 
On This Day In History, June 1st

2009, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic
All 228 people on board died in the crash. It took two years to find and recover the wreckage from the ocean floor.

1979 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ended 90 years of white rule
In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe achieved sovereignty from the United Kingdom.

1974, The Heimlich maneuver is published
Henry Heimlich is credited with developing the technique using abdominal thrusts to stop choking.

1945 The first group of Berlin women start clearing the rubble of World War II
In Germany, the Trümmerfrauen are a well-known symbol for a new beginning after the total desolation in the aftermath of the war, and for the Wirtschaftswunder, the rapid reconstruction of Germany's economy through hard labour.

1831 The British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
It is the location where the Earth's magnetic field points directly downwards. It lies in the vicinity of the Geographic North Pole.
 
Births On This Day, June 1st 🎂

1982 Justine Henin
Belgian tennis player

1974 Alanis Morissette
Canadian/American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress

1937 Morgan Freeman
American actor, producer

1926 Marilyn Monroe
American model, actress, singer

1907 Frank Whittle
English engineer, inventor, developed the jet engine

Deaths On This Day, June 1st 🪦

2008 Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer

1971 Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian

1952 John Dewey
American philosopher, psychologist

1868 James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States

1830 Swaminarayan
Indian religious leader
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top