Historical Events Happened In May - 02

1968  Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.  Share it »

1969  British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1970  On this day in history twenty-six persons were rescued by a VC-8 helicopter from a Dutch Antillean Airlines DC-9 ditched in the Caribbean.  Share it »

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

1972  Lieutenant General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1972  Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  Share it »

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1975  Apple records closes down on this day in history.  Share it »

1975  US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1980  Joseph Doherty &3 other IRA men arrested for murder on this day in history.  Share it »

1980  On this day in history pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa  Share it »

1980  On this day in history pope John Paul II begins African tour  Share it »

1980  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  Share it »

1980  Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1982  On this day in history argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives  Share it »

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

1982  On this day in history helmut Dantine  Share it »

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

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

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

1984  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  Share it »

1984  Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1986  On this day in history in Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;  Share it »

1986  Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  Share it »

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  Share it »

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

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  Share it »

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

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  Share it »

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  Share it »

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  Share it »

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  Share it »

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  Share it »

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  Share it »

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