05-31-2018 On this date in 1279 BCE Ramesses II becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
05-30-2018 On this date in 1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida
05-29-2018 On this date in 1953 Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest
05-28-2018 On this date in 1972 White House "plumbers" break into the Democratic National Headquarters at Watergate
05-27-2018 On this date in 1940 British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk
05-26-2018 On this date in 1927 The Ford Motor Company produce the last Model T
05-25-2018 On this date in 1914 British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill
05-24-2018 On this date in 1941 German battleship Bismarck sinks
05-23-2018 On this date in 2018 It was a rainy day in our valley
05-22-2018 On this date in 1570 1st atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' published
05-21-2018 On this date in 1904 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) forms
05-20-2018 On this date in 1862 US Homestead Act becomes law
1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England
05-18-2018 On this date in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
05-17-2018 On this date in 1803 John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
05-16-2018 On this date in 1943 Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid
05-15-2018 On this date in 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
05-14-2018 On this date in 1804 Meriwether Lewis & William Clark's expedition sets out from St Louis
05-13-2018 On this date in 1934 Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies
05-12-2018 On this date in 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
05-11-2018 On this date in 1924 Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture (Mercedes-Benz)
05-10-2018 On this date in 1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time
05-09-2018 On this date in 1865 President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring the end of the American Civil War
05-08-2018 On this date in 1945 V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe
05-07-2018 On this date in 1952 The concept of the integrated circuit is first published by Geoffrey Dummer
05-06-2018 On this date in 1840 World's first adhesive postage stamp, the "Penny Black", is first used in Great Britain
05-05-2018 On this date in 1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York
05-04-2018 On this date in 1904 Construction begins by the USA on the Panama Canal
05-03-2018 On this date in 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran
05-02-2018 On this date in 2011 Osama bin Laden is killed by US special forces
05-01-2018 On this date in 1931 Empire State Building opens
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