This Day in History.

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1948 Israel Statehood
17th May 1948 : Following the formation of the Jewish State of Israel , Russia has now extended recognition of the Hebrew state and 4000 Arab fighters have surrendered in the old walled city of Acre weakened by a major outbreak of Typhoid.

1954 U.S.A. Brown v. Board of Education
17th May 1954 : The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education , ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional.

1955 U.S.A. End Segregation
17th May 1955 : The Chief Justice Earl Warren has indicated that a ruling will be made by the Supreme Court before summer recess on how and when to end segregation of white and Negro children in the public school system.

1969 U.S.A. Apollo 10
17th May 1969 : The Apollo 10 is all go for the final test before America lands a man on the moon later this year , Apollo 10 is scheduled to go over the landing site where Apollo 11 hopes to land later this year , this flight is a complete dress rehearsal as everything will be done except the final phase of landing man on the moon.

1973 U.S.A. Watergate 17th May 1973 : The investigation of Watergate by the Senate begins televised hearings on the Watergate scandal.

1974 U.S.A. Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
17th May 1974 : In Los Angeles, California, LAPD place a siege on the home in Compton where the leaders of the terrorist group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) are hiding out.

1980 U.S.A. Rioting Liberty City, Miami
17th May 1980 : Following the death of Arthur McDuffie from multiple skull fractures caused by a blunt object during his arrest by 4 Miami police officers on December 17th , 1979 a trial of the officers led to a not guilty verdict on 17th May.

1984 U.S.A. Chemical Weapons
17th May 1984 : President Reagan has again been denied by the house in his continued requests for the manufacturer of Chemical Weapons , this is the third time his request has been denied by the house.

1987 Persian Golf USS Stark Attacked
17th May 1987 : An Iraqi Mirage F1 fighter carries an attack using two Exocet antiship missiles on the U.S. Navy warship Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake.

1996 U.S.A. Megan's Law
17th May 1996 : President Bill Clinton signed a measure strengthening the ( 42 U.S.C. § 13701 passed in 1995 )law over neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in.

2000 U.S.A. 1963 Church Bombing Arrests
17th May 2000 : Two former Ku Klux Klansmen ( Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry ) were arrested on murder charges for the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that killed four black girls, they were later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

2004 U.S.A. First Same Sex Marriage Performed
17th May 2004 : First Same Sex Marriage Performed at Cambridge City Hall in Massachusetts, between Marcia Kadish, 56, and Tanya McCloskey, 52, of Malden, Massachusetts, making them the first legally married same-sex partners in the United States.

United States
2010 United States Heavy Metal Singer Dies
17th May, 2010 : Ronnie James Dio, an American heavy metal singer, died at the age of sixty-seven of stomach cancer. Dio had been a member of many different bands, including Rainbow, but most notably replaced Ozzie Osbourne as the singer in Black Sabbath in the 1980s.

That's nice. Something for everyone to celebrate. Rare day?

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1940 World War II Aircraft 18th May 1940 : Below are some of the planes used in World War II war by both sides
1940 Bristol Bomber England
1940 Heinkel German Bomber
1940 Supermarine Spitfire Fighter Plane Britain
1940 Messerschmidt fighter plane Germany

1921 U.S.A. Typhus Ellis Island
18th May 1921 : Following a case of Typhus Ellis Island has been under quarantine. More than 1,700 immigrants who may have come in contact are also in quarantine while the island is fumigated and cleaned up , it will several days before the island is opened again for immigration.

1929 U.S.A. Al Capone
18th May 1929 : Al Capone is today in prison following his plea of guilty to the minor charge of carrying a concealed weapon, it is believed he pled guilty to these offences to help him stay safe in prison, he is best known for his domination of the Chicago Beer Runners and is believed to have been behind the St Valentines Day massacre.

1930 U.S.A. Strengthening Prohibition Enforcement
18th May 1930 : Following pressure from the temperance movement , President Hoover has recommended strengthening the prohibition enforcement by moving enforcement to the justice department.

1940 World War II
18th May : Germany continues in it's quest for control of Europe and has captured Antwerp and continuing it's push to Paris with a multi pronged attack, the allies are fighting hard to keep control of Flanders , but Germany has superiority in the air and flame throwing tanks. In the USA President Roosevelt is asking industrialists to increase production of aircraft to help the allies.

1950 England NATO
18th May 1950 : 12 nations agree to the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation / NATO a permanent organisation for the defence of the United States and Europe. The 12 nations included in the beginning are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States.

1964 England MODS and Rockers Whitsun Weekend Fights
18th May 1964 : Large numbers of Mods and Rockers involved in violent clashes at a number of seaside resorts on the south coast of England are given prison sentences following the Whitsun weekend when hundreds were arrested in Brighton, Margate, Bournemouth and Clacton following running battles between police and up to 1,000 Mods and Rockers.

1969 U.S.A. Apollo 10
18th May 1969 : Apollo 10 takes off for the dry run for Apollo 11's mission to land a man on the moon later in the year

1973 U.S.A. General John Mitchell
18th May 1973 : Former Attorney General John Mitchell has vowed he will not become the fall guy for the Watergate Scandal and predicted President Nixon would ether resign or be impeached due to the Watergate affair

1974 India Becomes Nuclear Power
18th May 1974 : India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon making India the world's sixth nuclear power joining the existing the 5 existing Nuclear Powers of United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and France.

1989 China Protesters Demand More Democratic Political System
18th May 1989 : One million protesters take to the streets marching through the streets of Beijing calling for a more democratic political system. Just a few weeks later in Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government put an end to protests by the use of force and crushed the protests.

1991 Great Britain Helen Sharman
18th May 1991 : Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman aboard the Soviet Soyuz TM-12 space capsule becomes the first Britain in Space.

1998 U.S.A. Microsoft Anti-Trust Case
18th May 1998 : The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and twenty U.S. states file a case that alleged that Microsoft Corp. abused it's monopoly power in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales.

2006 Italy Italian Prime Minister Speaks on Iraq War
18th May, 2006 : The newly elected Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, denounced the war in Iraq and stated his intentions to pull Italian troops out of Iraq.

2007 Netherlands Gorilla Loose in Zoo
18th May, 2007 : A four hundred pound gorilla named Bokito escaped from its holding area at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands.

2009 Lithuania Lithuania Elects First Female President
18th May, 2009 : Dalia Grybauskaite was elected Lithuania's president with sixty-eight percent of the vote, becoming the first female president in that country.

Interesting and a good reminder of just how much history we have lived through.

I started this thread, for 2 reasons, 1. to inform, and start talk at dinner tables, and 2 because IMO, history is NOT being taught in out schools.
Make it 3, I like to remember what I was taught, and learn things that I wasn't, or have forgotten.
I'll try to keep up, If I miss a day sorry, or maybe somebody else could fill in for me.

From what I see my kids learning, it looks like they learn about what happened, but not why it happened as much. I think kids should also be shown how history is often repeated with similar outcomes and we don't seem to learn from our, or other government's mistakes.

Totally, AGREED!
Still wish they would bring back the "Constitution" Test that was given in 8th grade in Califorina.

TPP wrote: Totally, AGREED!
Still wish they would bring back the "Constitution" Test that was given in 8th grade in Califorina.

Oh but that old thing isn't as important as it used to be, now we need to teach more multiculturalism and global warming prevention :faint:

You Must Hate the World!

TPP wrote: I started this thread, for 2 reasons, 1. to inform, and start talk at dinner tables, and 2 because IMO, history is NOT being taught in out schools.
Make it 3, I like to remember what I was taught, and learn things that I wasn't, or have forgotten.
I'll try to keep up, If I miss a day sorry, or maybe somebody else could fill in for me.

Your opinion about history not being taught in our schools would be most wrong. Based on the curriculum I've seen at Conifer High and talking with some of the teachers & students who take those history courses, they are much more advanced than any courses I ever took in High School. The students understanding of history, and the reasons for the actions that occurred in the past, is impressive.