Today in History

1927
Henry Ford announces the end of producing the Model T Ford
1968
Gateway Arch in St.Louis dedicated
1977
'Star Wars' {Episode IV-A New Hope} 1st released.The first time I saw this movie,I was hooked ,saw it again twice
 

1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent

1738 A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.

1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
 
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]Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut[
On May 26, 1647
 

1805
Lewis and Clark first sight Rocky Mountains
1868
Pres.Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
2002
The Mars Odyssey finds large ice deposits on Mars
 
May 27th
1895
British inventor,Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
1937
Golden State Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians
 

[URL="https://www.onthisday.com/music/events/date/1977"]1977 The [/URL]Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen", sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC

1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo

2006 Earthquake strikes Java, Indonesia at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta, killing over 6,600 people
 
May 27th
Ireland
1936 - Following the Free State's provision for the formation of Aer Lingus as the national airline, Aer Lingus opens routes to Bristol and London, commencing with a flight from Baldonnell to Bristol on this date
1960 - The last barge on the Grand Canal makes its final journey to Limerick with a cargo of Guinness
 
May 28th
1892
John Muir and others form The Sierra Club in San Francisco for conservation of nature
1957
The National Academy of Arts&Sciences{NARAS} was established,the organization gives out Grammy awards every year
1972
White House 'plumbers' break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate complex in Washington,DC
 
May 29th
29 May.1660Charles Stuart entered London to become King Charles II, restoring England’s monarchy following Oliver Cromwell’s commonwealth.

And yesterday was Pitt the youngers Birthday.
 
1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original colonies to ratify the U.S.Constitution
1942
Bing Crosby records 'White Christmas' which becomes the world's best selling single
1977
Janet Guthrie becomes the 1st woman to drive in the Indy 500
 
May 30th
1959 - England Hovercraft
1959 : The first full size hovercraft , the SR-N1, designed by Sir Christopher Cockerell, is launched and tested at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
 
May 31st
1859
[h=1]Big Ben goes into operation in London[/h]





The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.
After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster—the headquarters of the British Parliament—in October 1834, a standout feature of the design for the new palace was a large clock atop a tower. The royal astronomer, Sir George Airy, wanted the clock to have pinpoint accuracy, including twice-a-day checks with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. While many clockmakers dismissed this goal as impossible, Airy counted on the help of Edmund Beckett Denison, a formidable barrister known for his expertise in horology, or the science of measuring time.
The name “Big Ben” originally just applied to the bell but later came to refer to the clock itself. Two main stories exist about how Big Ben got its name. Many claim it was named after the famously long-winded Sir Benjamin Hall, the London commissioner of works at the time it was built. Another famous story argues that the bell was named for the popular heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt, because it was the largest of its kind.
Even after an incendiary bomb destroyed the chamber of the House of Commons during the Second World War, St. Stephen’s Tower survived, and Big Ben continued to function. Its famously accurate timekeeping is regulated by a stack of coins placed on the clock’s huge pendulum, ensuring a steady movement of the clock hands at all times. At night, all four of the clock’s faces, each one 23 feet across, are illuminated. A light above Big Ben is also lit to let the public know when Parliament is in session.
 
1879
Madison Square Garden opens in New York City named after 4th U.S.President,James Madison
1884
Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents 'flaked cereal'
1977
The Trans-Alaska oil pipeline was completed after 3 yr construction
 
June 1st
1954
In Peanuts comic strip,Linus's security blanket makes its debut
1968
Simon&Garfunkel's single'Mrs Robinson' from the movie'The Graduate' hits #1.Its the first rock song to win Grammy of the Year
1980
CNN{Cable News Network} makes its debut
 
June 2
1953
cornation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London England
1989
100,00 citizens block Chinese police in Tianandn Sq in Beijing China protecting students demonstrating for democracy
2004
Ken Jennings begins his 74 game winning streak on game show'Jeopardy'
 
June 3rd
1865
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The birth of George V, King of England from 1910 to 1936 who married Princess May of Teck (Queen Mary) in 1893. He ruled during the First World War and changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917.

1899
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English cricket captain W.G.Grace became the first man to play Test cricket beyond the age of 50. He played his last game against Australia aged 50 and 320 days at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

1931
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The Baird Company televised the Epsom Derby, which was transmitted by the BBC.

1937
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The Duke of Windsor, (the abdicated King Edward VIII), married American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson, privately in a château near Tours, France.
 
1965
Edward White became the 1st U.S. astronaut to do a space walk when he left the Gemini capsule
1982
Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion is open to the public as a tourist attraction in Memphis,Tenn
 
June 4th
1784
Marie Trible became the 1st woman to fly in a hot air balloon,reached height of 8,500 feet
1919
U.S. Congress passes Woman's Suffrage Bill -19th Amendment
1975
the oldest human fossils found in North Carolina
 
4 June.1039Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Welsh King of Gwynedd and Powys, defeated an English attack.
5 June.755English missionary Boniface, ‘the Apostle of Germany’, is murdered in Germany by unbelievers, along with 53 of his companions.
 
June 5 RFK was shot after giving his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in CA. He died the next day. Such a sad moment in US history.

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June 6th
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1933 The first drive in movie theater is opened in Camden, NJ
1944 World War II Operation Overlord / D-Day
1975 UK has it's first nationwide referendum over continued membership of the European Economic Community.
1984Indian government sends army troops into the Golden Temple compound where they kill at least 500 Sikh rebels.
 

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