Page 9: Historical Events In May - 06

1996  Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM.   

1996  Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85   

1997  Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape   

1997  Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.   

2007  In this year, Manchester United claims the English Premier League   

2007  In this year, Panathinaikos BC claims basketball's Euroleague after beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in Athens Olympic stadium   

2012  Francois Hollande elected President of France.   

2013  10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq   

2014  In this year, Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria.   

2017  Bus crash in Arusha region, Tanzania results in the deaths of 35   

2017  143rd Kentucky Derby: Always Dreaming ridden by John Velasquez claims   

2017  84 abducted schoolgirls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria   

2017  France bans too thin fashion models and makes labeling of digitally enhanced photos mandatory   

2019  In its inaugural report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report   

2019  Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army launches a major ground offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.May 8 - A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the inaugural patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection   

2020  UK is recorded as becoming the inaugural European country to report over 30000 confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 Learn More   

2020  Astronomers announce the discovery of the inaugural black hole located in a star system visible to the naked eye   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] New evidence indicates that an Algerian-born French fishmonger, who had not traveled to China and did not have contact with any Chinese nationals, was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as COVID-19.   

2023  The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London   

2024  In this year, Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby claims election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby   

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1397  Sejong the great of joseon: Ruler of korea   

1501  Marcellus ii: [marcello cervini], italy, humanist/pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  Frans francken: The younger, painter   

1606  Lorenzo lippi: [perlone zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  Henry capell: 1st baron capell, first lord of the british admiralty   

1713  Charles batteux: French philosopher   

1758  Maximilien robespierre: Arras fr, french revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois gjs andrieux: French writer/politician   

0523  Thrasamunde: King of vandalen   

0680  Muawiyah i: Caliph (b. 602)   

0988  Dirk ii: West frisian count of holland   

1085  King alfonso vi: Of leon conquered toledo,   

1124  Balak: Emir of aleppo, murdered   

1475  Dieric bouts: Dutch painter,   

1502  James tyrrell: Alleged murderer of the princes in the tower (executed)   

1527  Karel van bourbon: Military governor (lombardije),