Anniversaries

25th May 1693 (337 Years)

Madame Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, French author, died.

25th May 1895 (135 Years)

Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons", and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

26th May 1867 (163 Years)

Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor George V, was born.

26th May 1867 (163 Years)

Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor George V, was born.

26th May 1926 (104 Years)

Miles Davis, ,American trumpet player, composer and band leader, was born.

26th May 1927 (103 Years)

15,000,000th Ford Model T comes off the assembly line.

26th May 2008 (22 Years)

Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, died.

27th May 1877 (153 Years)

Angela Isadora Duncan, American dancer who performed throughout Europe, was born.

27th May 1877 (153 Years)

Angela Isadora Duncan, American dancer who performed throughout Europe, was born.

27th May 1937 (93 Years)

The Golden Gate Bridge opens.

27th May 1940 (90 Years)

The start of the Dunkirk Evacuation. One of the most famous British triumphs in WWII.

27th May 1964 (66 Years)

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, dies.

28th May 1840 (190 Years)

Hans Makart, Austrian painter most well known for his influence on Gustav Klimt, was born.

28th May 1972 (58 Years)

Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, died.

29th May 1814 (216 Years)

Empress Josephine de Beauharnais, the 1st wife of Napoleon, died.

29th May 1913 (117 Years)

Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, which provoked a riot.

29th May 1917 (113 Years)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president, is born.

29th May 1982 (48 Years)

Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress and singer, died.

30th May 1593 (437 Years)

Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright, died.

30th May 1640 (390 Years)

The Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul Rubens, died.

30th May 1859 (171 Years)

Big Ben rung for the first time in London.

30th May 1879 (151 Years)

Vanessa Bell was born.

30th May 1925 (105 Years)

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

31st May 1549 (481 Years)

Tintoretto died.

31st May 1819 (211 Years)

Walter "Walt" Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist, was born.

31st May 1837 (193 Years)

Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, dies.

31st May 1889 (141 Years)

The Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, USA. The South Fork Dam failed after days of rain.

31st May 1930 (100 Years)

Clint Eastwood, American actor and filmmaker, was born.

31st May 1985 (45 Years)

The Football Association, supported by Margaret Thatcher, bans English clubs from playing in Europe following the Heysel stadium tragedy.

1st June 1265 (765 Years)

The Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri, was born.

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