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Historical Events Happened In May - 02

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1969 On this day in history british liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York

1969 On this day in history franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89

1970 Twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean on this day in history.

1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) on this day in history.

1972 On this day in history lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA

1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.

1972 On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69

1973 On this day in history alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61

1974 On this day in history former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred

1975 On this day in history apple records closes down

1975 On this day in history uS Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.

1975 On this day in history uSS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations

1977 On this day in history "The King &I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances

1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win on this day in history.

1979 On this day in history 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win

1980 On this day in history joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder

1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa on this day in history.

1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour on this day in history.

1980 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1980 On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies

1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes on this day in history.

1982 Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives on this day in history.

1982 Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men on this day in history.

1982 On this day in history helmut Dantine

1982 On this day in history falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

1983 On this day in history 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA

1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.

1984 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1984 On this day in history jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66

1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on this day in history.

1986 On this day in history dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II

1986 In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86; on this day in history.

1986 On this day in history radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain

1986 On this day in history transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia

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Famous Birthdays In May - 02

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1360 On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)

1451 René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.

1458 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.

1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.

1601 On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)

1660 On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)

1695 Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.

1702 On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)

Famous Deaths In May - 02

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1230 Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.

1250 Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.

1300 Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.

1450 Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.

1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on this day in history.

1488 On this day in history jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies

1519 On this day in history leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67

1564 On this day in history death of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)