|
What happened in history on this day: May 24?
On May 24 in ...
- 1086 - Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III.
- 1144 - Petronella wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies.
- 1153 - Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland.
- 1300 - King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured.
- 1370 - Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV.
- 1431 - At the Abbey of Saint Ouen in Rouen, Joan of Arc is sentenced to be executed for rejecting church authority. On hearing the verdict, Joan agrees to recant and is instead condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
- 1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin.
- 1543 - Nicolas Copernicus astronomer, dies in Poland.
- 1544 - Birth of William Gilbert Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism).
- 1572 - Captain Francis Drake leaves Plymouth, England, with ships Swan and Pascha, in search of Spanish treasure.
- 1605 - Birth of Nikon [Nikita Minin] patriarch of Russian-orthodox church.
- 1610 - Birth of Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer.
- 1612 - Robert Cecil first Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister (1598-1612), dies at age 48.
- 1619 - Birth of Philips Wouwerman(s) Dutch painter.
- 1650 - Birth of John Churchill first duke of Marlborough, English general strategist.
- 1653 - German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria.
- 1658 - Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought.
- 1660 - English king Charles II visits Netherlands.
- 1665 - Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel] Spanish franciscans, dies.
- 1667 - French troops attack into Southern Netherlands.
- 1669 - Pieter Cuypers South Netherlands lawyer, dies at age 48.
- 1670 - Ferdinand II ruler of Toscane, dies at age 59.
- 1677 - Birth of Alexandre de Villenueve composer.
- 1686 - Birth of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in Danzig; physicist, invented the alcohol thermometer and the mercury thermometer (1714), created Fahrenheit temperature scale, discovered that water can remain liquid below its freezing point, discovered that the boiling temperature of water can vary depending on air pressure.
- 1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants.
- 1696 - Albertine Agnes princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 62.
- 1697 - English king Willem III travels through northern Europe.
- 1726 - People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax.
- 1738 - Methodist Church is established.
- 1743 - Birth of Jean-Paul Marat France, revolutionist.
- 1751 - Birth of Charles Emanuel II King of Sardina (1796-1802).
- 1753 - Birth of Oliver Cromwell Burlington New Jersey, black who served with Washington.
- 1792 - Death of Jakob M R Lenz; writer (That Soldier).
- 1794 - Birth of William Whewell; British philosopher (History of Inductive Science).
- 1795 - Birth of Silas Wright in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; New York Legislature (1824-27), U.S House of Representatives (1827-29), comptroller of New York (1829-33), U.S. Senate (1833-44), Governor of New York (1844-46).
- 1803 - Birth of Charles Bonaparte; Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano.
- 1809 - Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war.
- 1810 - Birth of Abraham Geiger; theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism.
- 1811 - Birth of Charles Clark; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1877).
- 1815 - George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia.
- 1816 - Birth of Emanuel Leutze; US painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware).
- 1816 - Birth of Robert Seaman Granger; Union Army Brevet Major General (dies 1894).
- 1818 - US General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, capital of Spanish West Florida.
- 1819 - Birth of Victoria Alexandrine in London, England; Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901).
- 1822 - At Battle of Pichincha, Simon Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain.
- 1824 - Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee.
- 1829 - Pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate.
- 1830 - First passenger rail service in US (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland).
- 1844 - Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message "What Hath God Wrought?" from US Capitol to his assistant Alfred Vail in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1846 - General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Mexican War.
- 1850 - Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at age 74.
- 1851 - Stanko Vraz [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at age 40.
- 1854 - Birth of Louis Mountbatten; Admiral (WWI).
- 1856 - A group of men led by slavery abolishionist John Brown hack to death five pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas, USA.
- 1858 - Birth of Johan C Braakensiek; political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer).
- 1861 - Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), is shot to death at age 23.
- 1861 - Alexandria, Virginia, occupied by Federal troops.
- 1861 - Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war".
- 1862 - Westminster Bridge across Thames opens, England.
- 1866 - Berkeley, California, is named for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.
- 1866 - Birth of Armando Frid in Argentina; lives 124 years.
- 1870 - Birth of Jan Christian Smuts; proponent of Commonwealth and League of Nations.
- 1877 - 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5.
- 1878 - Birth of Lillian Moller Gilbreth; engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954).
- 1878 - CA Parker (Harvard) wins first American bike race, at Beacon Park, Boston.
- 1879 - 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5.
- 1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at age 73.
- 1882 - Birth of Creighton Hale in Cork, Ireland; actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East).
- 1883 - In New York State, the Brooklyn Bridge opens over the East River, connecting New York and Brooklyn. Construction took 14 years, cost $15 million, and caused 27 deaths. With a span of 1595 feet, the Brooklyn Bridge is the largest suspension bridge ever built to date.
- 1884 - Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party form People's Party in the US.
- 1886 - Birth of Paul Paray in Le Tréport, Normandy, France; conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble).
- 1887 - Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants East African Association at East African harbors.
- 1890 - Caprivi succeeds Bismarck as chancellor of Germany.
- 1890 - Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma, Washington, USA.
- 1890 - Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London, England.
- 1891 - Birth of William F Albright; US old testament scholar/archaeologist.
- 1893 - Birth of W H Walter Baade; German/US astronomer (Andromeda).
- 1895 - Birth of H S T L "Stork" Hendry; cricket player (Australian all-rounder post-WWI).
- 1895 - Birth of Samuel I Newhouse; US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour).
- 1898 - Birth of Kathleen Hale; British children's book writer/illustrator (Orlando).
- 1899 - First auto repair shop opens (Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
- 1899 - Birth of Suzanne Lenglen in France; Wimbledon tennis champion (six times).
- 1900 - 34th Belmont Stakes: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21.25.
- 1901 - In Hamilton, Ontario, schoolteacher Clementina Fessenden originates a public holiday called Victoria Day to honour the British Empire by celebrating the Queen's birthday.
- 1902 - Empire Day first celebrated in Britain.
- 1903 - Birth of Aram Katchaturian; Armenian composer (Earth).
- 1904 - Birth of George Formby [William Booth]; British singer/comic (Let George Do It).
- 1905 - 39th Belmont Stakes: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08.
- 1905 - Birth of Mikhail Sholokhov; USSR writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel Prize 1965).
- 1906 - Birth of John Mayo; director-general (Help the Aged).
- 1909 - Birth of Guillermo Diaz-Plaja; Spanish literary/poet (Lorca).
- 1909 - Birth of Wilbur Mills; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas), involved with Fanne Foxe.
- 1909 - Bristol University granted Royal Charter.
- 1912 - Birth of Joseph Anthony [Deuster]; US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow).
- 1913 - Birth of Peter Ellenshaw in London, England; artist at Disneyland, for Disney movies, four Oscar nominations, named Disney Legend 1993.
- 1913 - Birth of Audrey Brown in England; 4 X 100 metre runner (Olympics-silver-1936).
- 1914 - Birth of Clifford Irving; Chairman (Isle of Man Government).
- 1914 - Birth of Lilli Palmer [Peiser] in Germany; actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar).
- 1915 - Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations.
- 1916 - Birth of Roden Cutler; governor (New South Wales).
- 1916 - Conscription for war service begins in Great Britain.
- 1916 - French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured.
- 1916 - Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname.
- 1917 - Birth of Derek Hodgson; British high court judge.
- 1917 - Birth of Theodore Hesburgh in Syracuse, New York, USA; president (Notre Dame).
- 1918 - Birth of Coleman A Young; civil rights leader (Mayor-Democrat-Detroit).
- 1918 - Cleveland Indians beat New York Yankees 3-2 in 19 innings.
- 1921 - First parliament for Northern Ireland is elected.
- 1921 - British Legion is formed.
- 1922 - Russian-Italian trade agreement signed.
- 1923 - Birth of Siobhan McKenna in Ireland; stage actress (Saint Joan).
- 1925 - Birth of François J [Frank] le Roux; chief whip (South African Conservative Party).
- 1925 - Birth of Mai Zetterling in Sweden; actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm).
- 1926 - Birth of Len Maddocks; cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-1950s).
- 1926 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 metres (8:25.4).
- 1927 - Birth of John Kelly Junior; brother of Grace Kelly, American sculls (Olympics-bronze-1956).
- 1927 - Birth of Martinus J Mentz; South African Member of Parliament (Conservative).
- 1927 - Birth of Timothy Beven; CEO (Barclays Bank).
- 1928 - Birth of Stanley Baxter; British comedian (Joey Boy, Fast Lady).
- 1928 - Birth of William Trevor; British writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune).
- 1929 - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings.
- 1930 - Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week.
- 1930 - Birth of Ivor Richardson; Judge (New Zealand Court of Appeals).
- 1930 - Donald Bradman scores 252 Australia versus Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours.
- 1931 - First air-conditioned train installed - B&O Railroad.
- 1932 - Birth of Arnold Wesker; British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen).
- 1932 - Birth of James Anderton; Chief constable (Manchester, England).
- 1932 - The Canadian Parliament passes a bill establishing a national broadcasting system - the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
- 1933 - Birth of Christopher Staughton; British Lord Justice of Appeal.
- 1933 - Birth of Hemchandra Tukaram Dani; cricket player (Test India versus Pakistan, 1-19, ct 1, DNB).
- 1933 - Birth of Tony Mullett; director-general (National Criminal Intelligence Service).
- 1934 - Birth of Jane Byrne; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Chicago).
- 1934 - Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia.
- 1935 - First major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Cincinnati Reds 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1).
- 1936 - Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party.
- 1936 - Tony Lazerri makes two grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching first 7 times safely, New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Athletics 25-2.
- 1938 - Birth of Glen Hall; cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test versus England 1964).
- 1938 - Birth of Tommy Chong in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; comedian/actor (Cheech and Chong).
- 1939 - Birth of Gert J Schutte; Dutch Member of Parliament (GPV).
- 1940 - First night game at New York's Polo Grounds (New York Giants 8, Boston Bees 1).
- 1940 - First night game at Saint Louis Sportsman Park (Cleveland Indians 3, Saint Louis Browns 2).
- 1940 - Birth of Joseph Brodsky in USSR; author (Less than One, Nobel Prize 1987).
- 1940 - Dutch army demobilizes.
- 1940 - German tanks reach Atrecht France.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler affirms General von Rundstedt's "Stopbevel".
- 1940 - The Allied Expeditionary Force withdraws completely from Norway.
- 1941 - Birth of Andres Garcia in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; actor (Tiger Shark).
- 1941 - Birth of Baroness Hollis of Heigham; history lecturer (University of East Anglia).
- 1941 - Birth of Bob Dylan AKA Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; singer/songwriter ("Blowin' in Wind").
- 1941 - Birth of Martin Mogg; governor (British Durham Prison).
- 1941 - Birth of Tony Valentino; rocker (Standells - "Dirty Water").
- 1941 - (0601 hours) The fifth shot from German battleship Bismarck hits the British battleship Hood, penetrating the deck to the main ammunition magazine and exploding, destroying the ship. Only three of a crew of 1422 survive.
- 1941 - Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral (battleship Hood), dies in battle.
- 1942 - Birth of Ali Bacher; cricket player (South African batsman and captain in 1960s).
- 1942 - Birth of Derek Quinn; guitarist (Freddie and Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now").
- 1942 - Birth of Sarah Dash in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; rocker (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
- 1943 - Birth of Gary Burghoff in Bristol, Connecticut, USA; actor (Corporal Radar O'Reilly - MASH).
- 1943 - Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy Karl Dönitz withdraws submarines from the North Atlantic, due to heavy losses.
- 1943 - German submarine U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje.
- 1944 - Birth of Patti LaBelle [Holt] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
- 1944 - Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti-fascists.
- 1944 - Icelandic voters sever all ties with Denmark.
- 1945 - Birth of Priscilla Presley in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Jenna - Dallas, The Naked Gun, Melrose Place).
- 1945 - Birth of Richard Ottaway; British Member of Parliament.
- 1945 - Birth of Steven Norris; British Member of Parliament.
- 1946 - Birth of Irena Kirszenstein [Szewinska] in Leningrad, Russia; Polish 4x100-metre runner (Olympics-gold-1964), 200-metre runner (Olympics-gold-1968), 400-metre runner (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1946 - Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1946 - Birth of Jeremy Treglown; English scholar/editor (TLS).
- 1946 - Birth of Steve Upton; rock drummer (Wishbone Ash - "There's the Rub", "Locked In").
- 1947 - Birth of Luke Rittner; secretary-general (Arts Council).
- 1947 - Birth of Mike Reid in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA; country singer ("Walk on Faith").
- 1949 - Birth of John Illsley; rocker (Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing").
- 1950 - Birth of Jim Broadbent; actor (Blackadder, Chronicles of Narnia).
- 1951 - Birth of Pat Bradley; golfer (leader in the LPGA career earnings).
- 1951 - Birth of Rob Baker; rock drummer (Red Rider).
- 1951 - Birth of Ronald A Parise in Warren, Ohio, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67).
- 1951 - Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal.
- 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1953 - Birth of Alfred Molina in London, England; actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears).
- 1953 - Birth of Nell [Laura] Campbell in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; actress (Rocky Horror Picture Show).
- 1953 - Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at age 63.
- 1953 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus.
- 1954 - First rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
- 1954 - German airline Lufthansa forms.
- 1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
- 1955 - Birth of Rosanne Cash in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("Runaway Train", "Seven Year Ache", "I Wonder").
- 1956 - Birth of Helen Terry; rocker ("Now You're Mine").
- 1956 - Guy Kibbee, actor (Captain Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at age 74.
- 1957 - Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan.
- 1957 - Birth of John G Rowland; American politician (Representative-Republican-Connecticut, 1985-).
- 1957 - Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia.
- 1958 - New Girl in Town closes at 46th Steet Theater in New York City after 432 performances.
- 1958 - Cuban President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion.
- 1958 - UP and International News Service merge into United Press International.
- 1959 - First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania).
- 1959 - John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at age 71.
- 1960 - Birth of Pete Metzelaars; NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, BC Lions).
- 1960 - Birth of Kristin Scott Thomas; actress (Mistral's Daughter).
- 1961 - 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
- 1961 - Explorer 12 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1962 - Birth of Bev Lidyoff in Huntington Park, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-7th-1994).
- 1962 - Birth of Dorothy Trapp; equestrian 3-day (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
- 1963 - Birth of Vivian Trimble; keyboardist (Luscious Jackson).
- 1963 - First Lockheed A-12 to crash, US Central Intelligence Agency pilot Ken Collins ejects safely.
- 1963 - Birth of Gene Anthony Ray in Harlem, New York, USA; dancer/actor (Leroy - Fame).
- 1963 - Birth of Horace Holden Junior in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; slalom double canoe (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Joe Dumars; NBA guard (Detroit Pistons).
- 1963 - Death of Elmore James at age 45 of a heart attack in Chicago, Illinois, USA; influential urban blues guitarist (slide-guitar technique, "Dust My Broom").
- 1964 - 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win.
- 1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
- 1964 - Birth of Adrian Moorhouse; British 100 metre breaststroker (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 1964 - Birth of Elizabeth McColgan; British running star (world record 5 km indoor).
- 1964 - Birth of Pat Verbeek in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; NHL forward (Team Canada, New York Rangers).
- 1964 - Longest homerun (471 feet) in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins).
- 1964 - Panic in Lima, Peru soccer stadium; 300 killed.
- 1965 - Birth of John C. Reilly; actor (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job).
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Jorgis in Palo Alto, California, USA; American badminton player (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - US Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
- 1966 - Mame opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1508 performances.
- 1966 - Birth of Tony Jones; NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1967 - Birth of Eric Close; actor (Without A Trace, Taken, Dark Skies).
- 1967 - AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
- 1967 - Birth of Margaret Crowley; Australian 800 metre/1500 metre runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Steve McDonald; rocker (Redd Kross).
- 1968 - Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at age 75.
- 1968 - Birth of Jerry Dipoto in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1968 - French president Charles de Gaulle proposes referendum, and students set fire to Paris bourse.
- 1969 - Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 and stays #1 for five weeks.
- 1969 - Birth of Martin McCague; cricket player (in Ulster AIS product, England quickie 1993-94).
- 1969 - Birth of Rich Robinson in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; guitarist (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker").
- 1969 - Death of Mitzi Green at age 48 of cancer; actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, So This is Hollywood TV show, Ed Wynn Show, Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1970 - Birth of Jeff Zgonina; NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).
- 1970 - Birth of Nick Castaneda in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; pairs skater (with Dawn Piepenbrink).
- 1970 - Birth of Tommy Page in West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA; singer ("I'll Be Your Everything").
- 1970 - Birth of Billy L. Sullivan; actor (Something So Right).
- 1970 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational.
- 1970 - Peter Queen quits rock music group Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult.
- 1971 - A commuter bus plunges into Panamá Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard.
- 1971 - Birth of Paul Ragusa in Bulach, Switzerland; Canadian 48kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Troy Barnett; NFL defensive end (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at age 88.
- 1972 - Birth of Danny Bautista in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; outfielder (Atlanta Braves).
- 1972 - Birth of Petra Schwarz-Ritter in Vienna, Austria; tennis star (1988 Futures-Bari-ITA).
- 1972 - Birth of Tito Paul; NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1972 - Birth of Viktor Ujcik in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia; hockey (Team Czechoslovakia Republic).
- 1972 - Death of Gavin Muir at age 64; actor (Hollister - Betty Hutton Show TV show).
- 1972 - Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona, Spain.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - Birth of Ville Peltonen in Vantaa, Finland; NHL forward (Team Finland, San Jose Sharks).
- 1974 - Birth of Ace Custis; NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks).
- 1974 - Birth of Marcus Coleman; free safety (New York Jets).
- 1974 - Birth of Maria Alejandra Vento in Caracas, Venezuela; tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz).
- 1974 - Birth of Natalie Neaton in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - NBC-TV airs the last Dean Martin Show after a nine-year run.
- 1974 - Death of Edward Kennedy Ellington AKA Duke Ellington at age 75 of lung cancer; jazz bandleader and composer (50 years, "Mood Indigo", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "Satin Doll").
- 1975 - Birth of Katie King; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 1975 - Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 fighter jet.
- 1975 - Soyuz 18B carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
- 1976 - First commercial SuperSonicTransport flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC).
- 1976 - Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP), dies at age 62.
- 1976 - Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at age 65.
- 1977 - USSR President Podgorny resigns.
- 1978 - Birth of Jade Winter; Australian swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1978 - English Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones divorce after 18-year marriage.
- 1978 - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect.
- 1979 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar.
- 1979 - Birth of Tracy McGrady; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
- 1979 - Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies.
- 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1980 - Birth of Billy L Sullivan in Long Island, New York; actor (Will Pacino - Something So Right).
- 1980 - Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2.
- 1980 - The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran.
- 1981 - George Jessel, US comedian/America's toastmaster general (Diary of Young Comic), dies from a heart attack at age 83.
- 1981 - Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona, Spain.
- 1981 - Jack Warner [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at age 84.
- 1981 - Jaime Roldós Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air plane crash.
- 1981 - Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1981 - Birth of Shelby Lyons in Oswego, New York; pairs skater (and Wells-1995 Midwest champion).
- 1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, and wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 race.
- 1982 - Birth of Baby Boy Samane, South Africa, son of Christina, heaviest known viable baby (22 pounds 8 ounces/10.2kg).
- 1982 - Iranian troops retake Khorramshahr.
- 1982 - Falklands War: A bomb aboard HMS Antelope explodes, killing the engineer trying to defuse it.
- 1982 - KGB head Yuri Andropov is appointed to the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1983 - Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria.
- 1983 - US Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminate against students.
- 1984 - The Detroit Tigers tie a major league mark set by the 1916 New York Giants in defeating the California Angels 5-1 for their 17th consecutive road victory.
- 1984 - Death of Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWF (born 1914).
- 1986 - Gunnar Björnstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at age 76.
- 1986 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first British Prime Minister to visit Israel.
- 1986 - Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours.
- 1986 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1.
- 1986 - Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at age 33.
- 1986 - Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at age 91.
- 1987 - 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes.
- 1987 - Al Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 race for a fourth time, the second driver to do so, after A.J. Foyt in 1977.
- 1987 - Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at age 89.
- 1988 - Section 28 (outlawing promotion of homosexuality in schools) is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.
- 1988 - James "Hamish" Hamilton, British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at age 87.
- 1988 - John Moschitta sets record for fast talking: 586 words per minute.
- 1988 - Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe.
- 1988 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals.
- 1988 - Tom Burtt, cricket player (New Zealand slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies.
- 1989 - Paramount releases the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to theaters.
- 1989 - AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona, Spain.
- 1989 - In Nice, France, French police arrest Paul Touvier. He was charged in 1973 with crimes against humanity in connection with deportation of Jews from France to German death camps, and persecution of Resistance leaders. Touvier was head of intelligence for a pro-German militia in Lyons during the war.
- 1989 - NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager and coach Phil Esposito.
- 1989 - New York Yankees' pitcher Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his first run of the season.
- 1990 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Boston Bruins in the 1990 NHL Finals for their fifth Stanley Cup.
- 1991 - Authorised by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Operation Solomon commences.
- 1991 - Death of Gene Clark at age 49 of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA; singer-guitarist-songwriter (founding member of The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", New Christy Minstrels).
- 1992 - Al Unser Junior wins Indianapolis 500.
- 1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score one in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game.
- 1992 - Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at age 79.
- 1992 - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament.
- 1993 - At the COMDEX show, Microsoft formally launches the Windows NT operating system. Initial version is 3.1. Price is US$495, or US$295 as an upgrade from a previous Windows operating system. The software comprises over 4 million lines of code.
- 1993 - Eritrea achieves independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war.
- 1993 - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at age 66.
- 1993 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Designing Women.
- 1993 - Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and five citizens in Turkey.
- 1993 - Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at age 66.
- 1994 - Birth of Cayden Boyd; actress (Crossing Jordan, Century City).
- 1994 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at age 48.
- 1994 - Death of King Ganam at age 78 in Carlsbad, California, USA; Canadian fiddler, western musician (Country Hoedown CBC TV show (1956-1959), host of The King Ganam Show (1961)).
- 1995 - Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76), dies of cancer at age 79 (born 1916).
- 1995 - AFC Ajax beats AC Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League.
- 1995 - Birth of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein.
- 1996 - Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at age 81.
- 1996 - John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at age 90.
- 1997 - Death of Edward Mulhare at age 74 of lung cancer; actor (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir TV show).
- 1997 - Telstar-5 Proton launch, successful.
- 1998 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indianapolis 500 race is held. Eddie Cheever Junior wins with an average speed of 145.155 mph. A 1998 Corvette is official pace car, driven by Parnelli Jones.
- 1999 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Mad About You.
- 2000 - Paramount releases the film Mission: Impossible II to theaters.
- 2001 - Brazil's Petrobras shuts down 12 oil rigs after detecting two oil slicks on the ocean surface, the larger one approximately 110,000 litres.
- 2003 - Sertab Erener wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 for Turkey with the song "Every Way That I Can", in Riga, Latvia.
- 2006 - East Timor's Foreign Minister Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.
- 2007 - General election in the Republic of Ireland. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party win a majority of seats for the third election in a row.
- 2008 - In central Colombia (55km from Bogota), a 5.7 earthquake occurs, killing at least six people, causing landslides and shaking buildings.
- 2008 - (to May 28) Auction sale of the Millennia Collection by Ira and Larry Goldberg, in Hollywood, California. The collection of 1212 world coins was a special five-year $15 million project. Some highlights:
- Rome 223 CE gold aureus of Severus Alexander NGC AU $920,000 a record price for an ancient Roman coin;
- Roman Imperatorial 42 BCE gold aureus issued by Marcus Junius Brutus NGC choice AU $661,250;
- Rome circa 68 CE gold aureus of Galba NGC choice AU US$448,500;
- Great Britain 1703 gold VIGO 5 guineas of Queen Anne NGC MS-61 US$414,000;
- Austria circa 1511-1519 gold 7 ducats of Maximillian I NGC MS-63 US$632,500;
- Russia 1795 gold novodel Ruble of Peter I 13 ducat weight NGC MS-63 US$391,000;
- Mexico circa 1535-36 silver 8 real of Carlos and Joanna NGC EF-40 US$310,500;
- Mexico 1714 gold 8-escudo of Philip V NGC MS-65 US$310,500.
- 2008 - Death of Dick Martin at age 86 of respiratory problems; comedian (Duffy's Tavern radio show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In TV show).
- 2009 - In Italy, round 6 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Jari-Matti Latvala.
- 2009 - Mongolia's opposition party leader of the Democratic Party and two-time former prime minister, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, wins the presidential election.
- 2009 - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hits southern Macedonia near the Greek border.
- 2009 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 race is held. Winner is Helio Castroneves of Team Penske.
- 2009 - In Monte Carlo, Monaco, round 6 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 2015 - General election in Ethiopia, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn remains in power.
- 2015 - Presidential runoff election in Poland. Winner is Andrzej Duda (51.5%) over incumbant Bronislaw Komorowski (48.5%).
- 2018 - Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions.
- 2019 - Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX launches 60 communications satellites into low Earth orbit.
- 2019 - A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured.
- 2019 - British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7.
- 2020 - Mining corporation Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia.
- 2020 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
- 2021 - A coup d'état in Mali removes interim President Bah Ndaw and the acting Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, from power and restores military rule.
- 2022 - In Uvalde, Texas, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shoots his grandmother, then enters Robb Elementary School, shoots and kills 19 students, injuring another 17.
- 2022 - Death of Ouka Leele at age 64; Spanish photographer, artist, poet (Movida Madrileña culture).
- 2023 - Death of Bill Lee at age 94 in Brooklyn, New York, USA; jazz musician (She's Gotta Have It movie, Do the Right Thing movie).
- 2023 - Death of Tina Turner AKA Anna Mae Bullock at age 84; musician (Ike and Tina Turner Revue band, "Proud Mary" song, "River Deep/Mountain High" song (1966), "Private Dancer" song (1984), "What's Love Got to Do With It?" song (1984, winner of three Grammy awards), "The Best" song (1989), "We Don't Need Another Hero" song (1985), won 12 Grammy awards, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1991, 2021)), actor (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome movie (1985), Tommy movie (1975)).
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|