This Day in History.

Haven't seen it, so I'll take your word for it: Question have you seen the history books?
The re-writing of history (FROM WHAT I'VE READ) in really to much.
Glad that Conifer has changed, from the last time I looked at they're text book, which I admit was a while ago.

Edited: Did a little research and couldn't find any of the history book titles, very little about history at all.
So will need a little help Kate. My son when there in 12th, and my daughter was in the first clas that when there for the full (what 4years), anyhow, that was when they had that princle with the little hilter stash under his nose.
I know things have changed, I surely hope for the better as you said.
Maybe I should have started a new thread, with my comment, I just meant this to state facts. that folks & kids would like to know. MY BAD

1921 U.S.A. Emergency Quota Act
19th May 1921 : The Emergency Quota Act was passed into law which limits the number of immigrants admitted into the US.

1923 U.S.A. Harry Houdini
19th May 1923 : Harry Houdini ex medium, magician, handcuff king, disappearing artist denounced spirit mediums, clairvoyants in a radio interview and has said his good friend Sir A Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) has been duped by tricksters and fraudsters.

1932 U.S.A. 30% Pay Cuts
19th May 1932 : As relief funds in city after city are coming to an end and with over 8,000,000 now unemployed and many close to starvation, the federal government is putting through plans for major construction projects on public works the total is in excess of 1 billion dollars but are still waiting for a vote for funding.

1959 U.S.A. James R Hoffa
19th May 1959 : The head of the Teamsters Union James R Hoffa has threatened a nationwide strike of the teamsters union if unions are subjected to the new anti trust laws being applied to transport unions.
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1962 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe performed a rendition of "Happy Birthday" 19th May 1962 : Marilyn Monroe performed a rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy for his forty-fifth birthday during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.

1964 Soviet Union Hidden Microphones
19th May 1964 : The State Department told the press that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

1967 Soviet Union Nuclear Space Weapons Treaty
19th May 1967 : The Soviet Union joins most of the worlds major powers by ratifying the treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space.

1974 France Valery Giscard d'Estaing
19th May 1974 : Valery Giscard d'Estaing is elected President of France, defeating Francois Mitterrand.

1975 Switzerland SALT Talks
19th May 1975 : Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko spent the last day of talks on a new treaty about limiting strategic nuclear weapons and both sides have stated the discussion was constructive and friendly and it is hoped that this will help to revive the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Geneva .

1982 Italy Sophia Loren
19th May 1982 : Actress Sophia Loren began serving a 30-day prison sentence in Italy for failing to report five million lire on her income tax return for 1970

1986 South Africa Zambia
19th May 1986 : South African troops launch multiple raids on Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana in an effort to destroy bases purportedly used by the anti-apartheid organisation the African National Congress (ANC).

1991 Croatia Seeks Independence
19th May 1991 : Croatian Voters in Civil war torn Yugoslavia have voted to seek independence and sovereignty , the country is being torn apart by nationalists and ethnic Serbs who wish to be part of Serbia

1992 U.S.A. 27th Amendment
19th May 1992 : The 27th Amendment to the US constitution is ratified Available as a downloadable image on our Public Domain Images Page

1994 U.S.A. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
19th May 1994 : The former First Lady ( President Kennedy's wife ) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died today of lymphoma at the age of 64

1997 Hong Kong Avian Flu
19th May 1997 : The first victim of Avian Flu A(H5N1) a three-year-old boy has died in Hong Kong.

2005 U.S.A. Revenge of the Sith
19th May 2005 : The final chapter of Star Wars "Revenge of the Sith," opens in movie theaters with movie goers queuing all night.

2005 Rwanda Rwandan Official Apologizes for Genocide
19th May, 2005 : The Rwandan defense minister, Marcel Gatsini, apologized for being a part of the Hutu government behind the genocide of 1994.

2006 U.S.A. Guantanamo Bay
19th May 2006 : World Leaders urge the Bush administration to close its prison in Guantanamo Bay, saying the indefinite detention of terror suspects there violated the world's ban on torture.

2007 United Kingdom Record Shipwreck Found Off Cornish Coast
19th May, 2007 : United States treasure hunters discovered a shipwreck off the coast of Cornwall in the UK, the ship had a record haul of over $500 million estimated worth of gold and silver.

2008 Philippines Shooter Kills Eight People and Injures Others
19th May, 2008 : A drunken man opened fire in Calamba, Philippines, and killed eight people, five of them children, while injuring another six people with an M-16 rifle.

2009 Hungary Stork Gets Artificial Beak
19th May, 2009 : A stork who had probably damaged its beak by flying into a wall was given an artificial beak to repair the damage by specialists at the Hortobagy Birds' Hospital in Hungary.

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1927 U.S.A. Charles Lindbergh
20th May 1927 : Charles Lindbergh who many called the "flying fool" has set off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY, today flying the "Spirit of St. Louis" on an epic flight from New York to Paris and is a milestone in flying aviation history, he is expected to arrive in Paris sometime late tomorrow.

1927 Britain Saudi Arabia
20th May 1927 : Britain recognizes the independence of Saudi Arabia

1936 U.S.A. Largest Bond Issue In History
20th May 1936 : The US Treasury has announced the largest bond issue in history for June 15th of 1 Billion Dollars , this is in addition treasury floating $100,000,000 of treasury bills issued each week.

1941 U.S.A. "You Made Me Love You"
20th May 1941 : Harry James and his orchestra recorded "You Made Me Love You."

1942 U.S.A. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
20th May 1942 : "I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.

1944 Germany Assassination Attempt On Adolf Hitler
20th May 1944 : A group of officers from the German Army attempt an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler by exploding a bomb in his headquarters during a staffing meeting.

1952 U.S.A. Wages and Inflation
20th May 1952 : With many workers wanting to keep pace with the increases in the cost of living pay increases of up to 15% are being requested with many employers already settling on wage increases ranging from 8% to 11% this year.

1956 U.S.A. H Bomb Tests
20th May 1956 : The first hydrogen bomb dropped from an aircraft is exploded by America over Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

1958 Great Britain High Wycombe Weighs New Mayor
20th May 1958 : An annual custom dating back to medieval times unique to High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire weighs the Mayor of the town each year so that the public can see whether or not he has been getting fat at the taxpayers' expense.

1961 U.S.A. "Freedom Riders"
20th May 1961 : An angry mob consisting of all white's attacked a busload of "Freedom Riders" ( Freedom Riders were testing the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, that gave them a legal right to disregard local segregation ordinances regarding interstate transportation facilities. ) in Montgomery, Ala., prompting the federal government to send in United States marshals to restore order. Freedom Riders 1961

1964 Vietnam US & South East Asia
20th May 1964 : The US Ambassador has told the United Nations that America is committed to staying in South East Asia and helping those who wish to stay free of communist rule for as long as it takes.

1965 Egypt Plane Crash
20th May 1965 : A Pakistan Airways Boeing 707 crashes upon landing Cairo Airport, Egypt, killing 124 people.

1970 U.S.A. Support for policy in Vietnam and Cambodia
20th May 1970 : 100,000 demonstrate in New York's Wall Street district in support of U.S. policy in Vietnam and Cambodia.

1972 U.S.A. The Black Lung Benefits bill
20th May 1972 : The Black Lung Benefits bill was signed into law by President Nixon prior to flying to Russia for further talks on promoting world peace.

1973 Iceland Royal Navy To Protect Trawlers in Cod War
20th May 1973 : The British Royal Navy Frigates the Cleopatra, the Plymouth and the Lincoln are sent to the disputed Icelandic 50-mile zone to protect British trawlers fishing inside the zone as the COD WAR between Britain and Iceland escalates.

1983 South Africa Car Bomb Pretoria
20th May 1983 : A massive car bomb in South Africa's capital city, Pretoria kills 16 people and injures more than 130.

1994 North Korea Nuclear Program
20th May 1994 : North Korea is still insisting it will not allow full international inspections of it's nuclear facilities and many fear they could be developing a nuclear weapons programme .

2002 East Timor Gains Independence From Philippines
20th May 1994 : After a 20 year struggle East Timor gains Independence From Philippines

2005 U.S.A. Mary Kay Letourneau
20th May 2005 : The Ex teacher and convicted pedophile Mary Kay Letourneau, 43, marries her former victim and the father of two of her children, Vili Fualaau, 22. She had served a 7 1/2 year sentence for raping Fualaau when he was her sixth grade student, then aged 12.

2005 Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
20th May, 2005 : An ebola virus outbreak in the village of Etoumbi in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed nine people forcing the government to quarantine the town.

2009 United States Voice of Mickey Mouse Dies
20th May, 2009 : The American actor who had provided the voice of Mickey Mouse died at the age of sixty-two of complications from diabetes. Wayne Allwine became the voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977 and was married to the actress who voiced Minnie Mouse.

2010 France Artwork Stolen from Museum of Modern Art in Paris
20th May, 2010 : Five masterpiece paintings were stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France. The paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Leger, and Modigilani were estimated to be worth over $100 million and were all from the early 20th century.

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1929 Australia Gold Rush
23rd May 1929 : A new gold rush is starting in Australia as gold has been found just 3 feet below the surface and claims are now being made all over the area in South West

1934 U.S.A. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
23rd May 1934 : Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and gunned down with over 100 rounds of ammunition by police in Black Lake, Louisiana. Following the deaths of Bonnie and Clyde slain in Louisiana by federal agents, their bodies are being transported back to Texas and are to be buried in separate graves in different parts of Dallas. They were inseparable in life committing robberies and murders side by side across the nation but in death Bonnies mother has stated Clyde took her daughter away from her but she will take her daughter back in death against bonnies last wishes.

1937 U.S.A. John D. Rockefella
23rd May 1937 : John D. Rockefella the American industrialist once the worlds richest man before he gave his millions away has died at 97 yrs old, he went from a $4.50 clerk to the worlds richest man only to give most of it away in the last 30 years for philanthropic deeds.

1940 U.S.A. "I'll Never Smile Again"
23rd May 1940 : "I'll Never Smile Again" was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey and the Pied Pipers. The song was the first #1 hit on the weekly Billboard Best Selling Singles chart. Since then, it has been a popular standard for many artists in a variety of genres.

1941 World War II British Warships Mediterranean
23rd May 1941 : The Axis powers of Germany and Italy have claimed to have sunk or badly damaged 26 British warships in an all out banish to British warships from the Mediterranean

1945 World War II Heinrich Himmler
23rd May 1945 : Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's second in command, committed suicide while in Allied custody by using a tiny vial of poison in his mouth at the time of his capture.

1953 U.S.A. Flooding in Lake Charles Louisiana
23rd May 1953 : Following the flooding in Lake Charles Louisiana which is now starting to recede the threat of Typhoid is increasing which could increase the death toll caused by the flooding and medical teams are on hand to provide typhoid shots.

1966 Great Britain Nationwide Seamen's Strike
23rd May 1966 : The British government declares a state of emergency following the start of the nationwide seamen's strike one week ago. The state of emergency will allow the Royal Navy to take control and clear the ports and lift restrictions on driving vehicles to allow for the free movement of goods.

1977 Netherlands Children Hostage
23rd May 1977 : South Moluccan militants armed with machine guns hold 105 children and six teachers hostage in a primary school in northern Holland. A second band of gunmen held about 50 persons on a train about 10 miles from the school in Bovensmilde.

1981 Syria Warns Israel
23rd May 1981 : Syria has warned Israel that if it attacks Syria or Lebanon it will attack in the heart of Israel and was prepared to go to war to protect it's country, and could lead to a full scale middle east war.

1992 Italy Judge Giovanni Falcone Assassinated
23rd May 1992 : Judge Giovanni Falcone is assassinated he was a senior anti Mafia prosecutor .

1993 Bosnia-Herzegovina Muslim Safe Havens
23rd May 1993 : A Proposal has been put forward by Washington to create safe havens in Bosnia-Herzegovina , but the Muslim president has said his people are not willing to be put "in Reservations" .

1998 Northern Ireland Referendum Good Friday peace agreement
23rd May 1998 : A referendum on the Good Friday peace agreement held in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic yesterday ended with 3 to 1 support. The Good Friday peace agreement paves the way for devolution from Westminster with a new all-inclusive Northern Ireland Assembly.

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1941 World War II German Battleship Bismarck Sinks HMS Hood
24th May 1941 : The German battleship Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with with the loss of more than 1,400 lives after a shell exploded in the armory in a battle of the giants of the sea during the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

1883 U.S.A. Brooklyn Bridge
24th May 1883 : The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan over the East River opens to traffic. In 1883 it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and had taken 13 years to complete.

1930 Australia Amy Johnson
24th May 1930 : Amy Johnson lands her Gypsy Moth plane at Darwin in Australia having completed the first solo flight from England by a woman.

1934 U.S.A. Month Long Drought in Midwest
24th May 1934 : It is hoped some relief may occur from the month long drought in the Midwest with a small amount of rain forecast by the Weather Bureau in northern parts of the states affected but concerns over crop failure and many farms going bankrupt continue, it is also predicted the cost of most foods could double or treble in these already difficult times.

1934 U.S.A. Auto Lite Plant in Toledo Ohio
24th May 1934 : Fighting has broken out at the Auto Lite Plant in Toledo Ohio between non union members protected by the National Guard and union members with rocks being thrown by Union Members and the National Guard mounting machine guns to keep control of the plant. Gas Grenades were used to disperse jeering crowds who refused to disperse.

1939 U.S.A. Submarine Squalus
24th May 1939 : The submarine Squalus sunk in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives and the worst part of this tragedy was how the 5 that were saved only did so by sacrificing their 26 crew mates by closing the Bulk Head door to the battery compartment to stop the rest of the submarine flooding.

1946 U.S.A. Rail Strike
24th May 1946 : The crippled rail network caused by the rail strike has crippled America , the impact is felt in food, fuel and other commodities, and effectively splits the country into small communities reliant on local produce and services. What the strike has hi lighted is how much a longer strike could ruin the economy . (I highlighed the comment)

1959 U.S.A. Economy Grows
24th May 1959 : The economy is continuing to grow with more jobs and higher incomes across all sectors and Americans have never been better off a report also says Americans are saving more than at any time in recent history.

1961 U.S.A. "Freedom Riders"
24th May 1961 : Two buses carrying 27 'Freedom Riders' 25 Negroes and two whites were arrested by city police officers in Jackson Mississippi and charged with disobeying an officer and breach of peace.

1964 Peru Peru vs Argentina Soccer Riot
24th May 1964 : Following the referee’s decision to disallow a goal in the last few minutes in a qualifier for the 1964 Olympics in a soccer match between Peru and Argentina the Peru fans riot and the resulting panic and lack of crowd control causes stampedes in which 300 fans are crushed and killed.

1968 France Strikes and possible revolution
24th May 1968 : The President of France, Charles de Gaulle, issues an ultimatum to unions and students who have brought the country to a standstill during three weeks of violent demonstrations over his reforms, saying the French people will have a choice during the coming referendum "Back Me or Sack Me". Many consider that a revolution could take place and tanks and the military are sent in to the worst trouble spots. The referendum was called off, but he called an election for the end of June to give the people of France the choice of Vote For Him and the Reform that was needed or vote against him. The election gave De Gaulle's party a huge majority as public opinion appeared to turn against the strikers (I highlighted comment)

1976 U.S.A. Concorde
24th May 1976 : Air France from Paris and British Airways from London simultaneously began Concorde service to Dulles Airport, Washington cutting the travel time from 7 hours to 3 1/2 hours.

1977 U.S.A. Nixon David Frost Interview
24th May 1977 : Nixon has been interviewed on TV chat shows by David Frost and has defended the right that the President is within his rights to order phone tapping and burglaries if it is in the interests of public safety and has justified the use of these in the Watergate Scandal .

1978 England Princess Margaret Divorced
24th May 1978: Princess Margaret the sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England, is divorced from after 18 years of marriage from her husband, Earl Snowdon.

1995 U.S.A. Heidi Fleiss The Hollywood Madam
24th May 1995 : Heidi Fleiss who ran a high class prostitution operation in Hollywood was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $1,500 for running a call girl ring that catered to the rich and famous.

2001 Israel Dance Floor Collapse
24th May 2001 : A dance floor has collapsed in Jerusalem leaving at least 20 people dead and hundreds more injured at a wedding party.

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1895 England Oscar Wilde
25th May 1895 : Playwright Oscar Wilde was found guilty of gross indecency in London and sentenced two years of hard labour.

1920 U.S.A. American Merchant Shipping
25th May 1920 : A study into American merchant shipping confirms that 79% of new ships just built or in design and build stages have moved from coal burners to oil burners as fuel.

1925 U.S.A. John T. Scopes
25th May 1925 : A high school science teacher, John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching the theory of evolution in his classes, as the Tennessee state law prohibits the teaching of evolution in public schools.

1935 U.S.A. Jesse Owens
25th May 1935 : Jesse Owens broke three world records at the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan including broad jump, the 220-yard dash and the low hurdles.

1935 U.S.A. Babe Ruth
25th May 1935 : Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh while playing for the Boston Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Shortly afterwards he announced his retirement.

1943 World War II Dusseldorf Bombing
25th May 1943 : 500 RAF Bombers bombed Dusseldorf and laid waste to parts of the city that have been left standing, also the RAF were in action in Burma with a raids into western Burma.

1958 France General Charles de Gaulle
25th May 1958 : General Charles de Gaulle becomes Prime Minister of France.

1961 U.S.A. Money To Put A Man On The Moon
25th May 1961 : President Kennedy has asked Congress for $531 million to help the US put a man on the moon before the end of the decade . On July 21st 1969 , Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon.

1963 Ethiopia Organisation of African Unity
25th May 1963 : African states unite to create the Organisation of African Unity / OAU to "decolonise" the remaining bastions of white rule in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Mozambique and Angola with any and all means possible including providing African "freedom fighters" with finance, arms, volunteers and training bases.

1965 U.S.A. Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston Rematch
25th May 1965 : Following the Cassius Clay defeat of Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964, for the world heavyweight boxing championship and changing his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali, Liston and Ali meet for a second time in Lewiston, Maine, for the Heavyweight Championship, during the first round Liston goes down ( Often called by a phantom punch ) and the Referee Jersey Joe Walcott stops the fight awarding Ali a first-round knockout.

1967 UK John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce
25th May 1967 : John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce is delivered, the Rolls Royce caused an uproar including the Rolls Royce Company raising a formal complaint.

1967 Portugal Celtic win the European Cup
25th May 1967 : Glasgow Celtic becomes the first British team to win the prestigious European Cup, beating favorites Internazionale Milan 2-1 at the Portuguese National Stadium in Lisbon .

1968 U.S.A. St. Louis, Gateway Arch
25th May 1968 : The Gateway Arch in St. Louis standing 630 feet tall, and 630 feet wide at its base is dedicated

1974 UK Flixborough Disaster
25th May 1974 : An explosion at a chemical plant at Flixborough leaves more than 25 dead .

1977 U.S.A. First Of The Star Wars Movies Opens
25th May 1977 : Star Wars written and directed by George Lucas and released by 20th Century Fox opens in American Theaters.

1978 U.S.A. First Atlantic City Casino
25th May 1978 : The nations first legal casino outside of Nevada opens in the resort town of Atlantic City NJ for dice rollers and card players.

1979 U.S.A. Chicago Airport Plane Crash
25th May 1979 : A flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois American Airlines Flight 191 crashed and exploded in a field near the airport.

1982 Falkland Islands Atlantic Conveyor and HMS Coventry
25th May 1982 : Two Argentinean Super Etendards fire French-built Exocets and destroy the Atlantic Conveyor. In A separate attack Argentinean Skyhawks hit HMS Coventry four times with 1,000 bombs causing explosions and the ship to capsize.

1986 U.S.A. Hands Across America
25th May 1986 : Approximately Seven million Americans joined hands hoping to raise more than $50 million to fight hunger and homelessness in "Hands Across America"

1988 U.S.A. Median price for a home is now $87,700
25th May 1988 : A report by the National Association of Realtors has said the median price for a home is now $87,700

1994 UK Lottery Winner Announced
25th May 1994 : The Camelot consortium pledging to give up to 30% of its takings to to five "good causes". has won the contract to run Britain's first national lottery which starts in November.

1998 U.S.A. Google
25th May 1998 : Concerns are being raised by many librarians and academics that the Internet is more likely to provide bad information than good as there are no checks and balances in place, this is well shown if someone is searching the Internet for medical advice as much of the content on the Internet is completely wrong and in some cases could be considered a danger.

2005 Azerbaijan Longest Oil Pipeline Opens
25th May, 2005 : The longest oil pipeline in the world opened. The pipeline was one thousand miles long and began in Azerbaijan, travelling through Georgia, and ending at a Mediterranean sea port in Turkey.

2006 U.S.A. Enron Corp
25th May 2006 : Former Enron Corp. Executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company's downfall.

2008 Iran Chemical Explosion Kills Many
25th May, 2008 : A chemical explosion at a factory near Arak, Iran created a fire that killed thirty people and injured almost forty others.

2009 North Korea Nuclear Test
25th May 2009 : North Korea announces that it has conducted a n underground detonation of a nuclear device in the province of North Hamgyong as part of it's nuclear weapons program.

2010 China Another iPhone Factory Worker Dies
25th May, 2010 : Another Foxconn worker was found dead after falling off of a building at the factory. The nineteen year old worker became the tenth person to die in this manner at the factory since the beginning of 2010.

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1st June
1923 Great Britain World War I Loans To France: Both Great Britain and the United States are demanding back the loans made to France borrowed during the First World War but the french answer is both Britain and America are much richer nations and as the war was a world war they should not have to pay the money back, negotiations are continuing at diplomatic levels.

1933 U.S.A. Roger Williams: The aviator, Roger Williams , announces his plans to fly a round-trip flight across the Atlantic ocean. His flight plans start from New York and include stops in Rome, Greece, and Ireland.

1935 England Compulsory Driving Test: Compulsory Driving Test is introduced for all drivers in England who started driving on or after 1 Apr 1934, A voluntary test was introduced by the Road Traffic Act in 1934 and the first person in Britain to take the test and pass his driving test is Mr R.E.L.BEERE. The test took place on the 16th March 1935.

1938 U.S.A. Superman Appears For The First Time: Superman created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster made his first appearance in D.C. Comics’ Action Comics Series issue #1 which sold for 10 cents.

1942 Poland Death Camps: A Warsaw underground newspaper, the Liberty Brigade, is the first public newspaper to tell the world about the death camps in Poland where tens of thousands of Jews are gassed to death at Chelmno, a death camp in Poland .

1944 France World War II: The British Broadcasting Corp. aired the coded message from the first line of a poem by Paul Verlaine to underground resistance fighters in France to inform the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was imminent.

1947 U.S.A. Tornado Arkansas: A tornado kills an estimated 30 people and leaves over 500 people homeless in Arkansas. Many rural communities were hit by the tornado and destroyed. The storm's path was an estimated 20 miles long, and could have been up to 10 miles wide.

1958 France Charles de Gaulle: Following a long political crisis over the revolt in Algeria, Charles de Gaulle is called out of retirement to head a new emergency government as a virtual dictator for a 6 month period to bring the country back together.

1965 Japan Mining Disaster: In one of the worst mining disasters in modern times an explosion kills 236 workers at the Yamano coal mine near Fukuoka, Japan.

1967 UK Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: One of the most iconic LP's from the 1960's is released by The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band selling over 8 million copies worldwide.

1968 U.S.A. Helen Keller: The famous blind and deaf author Helen Keller who become a world-famous speaker, Political Activist and author, Helen Keller, dies.

1970 Soviet Union Nikita Khruschev: The former leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khruschev , was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel.

1979 Rhodesia End of White Rule: Rhodesia ends nearly 100 years of white minority rule and changes it's name to Zimbabwe.

1980 U.S.A. CNN Launched In Atlanta: The first 24-hour news television station – CNN is launched in Atlanta, Georgia

1985 U.S.A. Arms Control: The United States and the Soviet Union faced a stalemate when discussing arms control. Neither side seemed willing to compromise but both sides opened up the possibility for discussion.

1985 UK Stonehenge: 500 Hippy travellers clash with police on their way to the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire for an illegal festival, the police set up a roadblock seven miles from Stonehenge. The day is known as "The Battle of the Beanfield" and was the first major test of an English Heritage ban on midsummer festivals at Stonehenge.

1990 U.S.A. Chemical Weapons: In a historic meeting between President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev they sign a historic agreement to end production of chemical weapons and begin the destruction of reserves of chemical weapons.

1993 Bosnia Serb Forces Kill 4 children during artillery bombardment: Serb forces shell a football match in Bosnia killing 11 including 4 children who were watching the football match.

2001 Nepal Royal Family: The king, queen and seven other members of the royal family in Nepal are shot dead after the heir to the throne Crown Prince Dipendra went on a rampage with a gun before turning it on himself.

2005 Zimbabwe Police Crackdown: The police in Zimbabwe continue the crackdown on shantytowns that have been built in the capital, Harare, destroying thousands of shanty's and arresting more than 22,000 people.

2006 U.S.A. Hurricane Katrina: A report on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers admitted that faulty design specifications, incomplete sections and substandard construction of levee segments, contributed up to 2/3rd's of damage done to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.

June 2nd,

1921 U.S.A. Flash Floods Colorado: Flash Floods caused by Torrential rains leaves more than 100 people dead and millions of dollars in property damaged Pueblo County in Colorado.

1924 U.S.A. Indian Citizenship Act: The Indian Citizenship Act , which confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country is passed in Congress.

1924 Canada Japanese Immigrants: The Canadian government considers making an agreement with Japan that would essentially ban the majority of Japanese immigrants coming into the country.

1931 France Suspension Bridge Collapses: Ten people were killed in France during the testing of a new suspension bridge that was built.

1935 U.S.A. Babe Ruth Retires: Babe Ruth, retires ending his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs.

1949 U.S.A. Uranium-235 Missing: An atomic bottle holding one ounce of uranium-235 that was missing was found. Seven-eigths of the uranium-235 that was in the bottle was accounted for, while one-eighth was still missing.

1953 England Queen Elizabeth II: Following the death of her father Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned as The Queen in England with hundreds of millions listening on radio and for the first time watched the proceedings on live television.

1956 U.S.A. Matthew Woll: Matthew Woll, a man associated with the American labor movement dies at age 76. He was a leader in the labor movement for nearly 50 years and served as Vice President of the AFL-CIO and International Photoengravers Union .

1965 Vietnam Australian Troops Arrive: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives by plane in Saigon as Australia takes a more active role in the Vietnam War.

1966 Space Surveyor 1 moon landing: First US space probe to land on the moon, "Surveyor 1" has a soft landing on Moon. The Soviet Union was the first when the Russian probe Luna 9 had a successful soft landing on the moon on 3rd February earlier in the year.

1972 U.S.A. Plane Hijack: In Reno, Nevada a United Airlines jet was hijacked by one man. He demanded a $200,000 ransom while the plane remained grounded. His only hostages were crew members since passengers had not boarded yet.

1979 Poland Pope John Paul II: Pope John Paul II returns home to his native Poland as the first Roman Catholic pontiff to visit a Communist-ruled country.

1985 England English Soccer Clubs banned From European Competition: European football's governing body has banned English clubs from playing in Europe indefinitely, following a riot by Liverpool fans who were blamed for the tragedy at Brussels' Heysel stadium four days ago in which 39 people died.

1985 U.S.A. Leonard Lake: Leonard Lake is arrested close to San Francisco, California, Charles Ng fled to Canada where he fought extradition proceedings for 6 years. Lake and Charles Ng were responsible for a series of particularly brutal crimes including kidnapping women to brainwash them into becoming their willing sex slaves during the mid-1980s.

1987 U.S.A. Alan Greenspan : President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating economist Alan Greenspan to succeed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

1997 U.S.A. Timothy McVeigh: Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier, is convicted on 15 counts of murder for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City .

1998 U.S.A. Proposition 227: Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English is passed by the voters of California.

2000 Zimbabwe White Farmers Pack Bags: The government of Zimbabwe has issued the latest list of 800 plus farms earmarked for forcible seizure by the government who will devide them up between landless peasants.

2002 U.S.A. FBI expanded Powers: The US Attorney General John Ashcroft has defended the FBI expanded investigative powers to monitor the activities of people and organisations suspected of plotting terrorist acts.

2002 U.S.A. End Of Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty: The United States has formally withdrawn from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty signed in 1972 by the US and the then Soviet Union. President George W Bush has said the ABM treaty is an outdated relic of the Cold War.

2003 Burma Colleges and Universities Closed: The ruling military authorities in Burma order the indefinite closure of universities and colleges, and shut down offices of the opposition National League for Democracy following the civil unrest after the arrest of the NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.

2008 Zimbabwe Aid Agencies Asked To Leave: With the upcoming election in Zimbabwe between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai the government has banned the Care International aid group from operating in the country for allegedly campaigning for the opposition. It is thought up to 4 million Zimbabweans a third of the population - are in need of food aid.

JUNE 3rd
1928 France Flight To Constantinople: Captain Arrachart and Major Rignot are forced to stop during their flight in Constantinople. They were on their way to India while trying to set a long distance record.

1932 U.S.A. "The Band Wagon": The Broadway musical "The Band Wagon" opened in New York City. The comedic musical film about an aging star that tries to revive his career in a Broadway production.

1937 France Former King Marries Wallis Simpson: The former King OF England King Edward VIII of Great Britain and Northern Ireland marries Wallis Warfield Simpson, the American divorcee for whom he abdicated the British throne in December 1936.

1940 France Germany Bombs Paris: Germans bombed Paris killing mostly civilians, including school children as part of it's reign of terror to keep the french under control.

1943 Russia World War II: The Russian army takes down 162 of 500 Nazi planes in one of the biggest air battles of World War II.

1959 Ecuador Street Riots : A riot takes place in one of the country's largest cities, Guayaquil, with a population of 275,000. The government blamed the riot on Communist influences. President Ponce instated martial law throughout the country earlier, while the Communist Party challenged the President's decree.

1961 U.S.A. Clarence Gideon: Clarence Gideon is arrested and charged with breaking into a poolroom in Florida. His case managed to change one the chief principles of American criminal justice .

1962 France Plane Crash : An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport in Paris, killing 130 people on board.

1963 Vatican Pope John XXIII : Pope John XXIII the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church died at age 81 less than 5 years after becoming Pope.

1965 U.S.A. Major Edward H. White II: Following in the wake of Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov, who was the first man ever to walk in space , Major Edward H. White II becomes the first American astronaut to walk in space during the flight of Gemini 4.

1966 U.S.A. Gemini 9: The Gemini 9 spacecraft is set to take off at 7:30 am. The crew of astronauts were scheduled for a 3 day journey in space.

1968 U.S.A. Andy Warhol : Andy Warhol the American artist and a major driving force in the movement known as Pop art is shot and wounded in his New York film studio, The Factory, by actress Valerie Solanas who founded the "group" called S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting up Men).

1969 Vietnam HMAS Melbourne USS Frank E. Evans collision : While on NATO exercises in the South China Sea just off the coast of Vietnam the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices the smaller US destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half killing 74 of the destroyers crew.

1972 Northern Ireland Protestant March: A Protestant march against the creation of "no-go" areas in Londonderry ends in a bloody battle between marchers and soldiers on the Craigavon Bridge.

1989 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini Dies: Ayatollah Khomeini who had led the 1979 revolution and overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Persia and became the country's Supreme Leader of the new Islamic Republic of Iran dies.

1989 China Tiananmen square: Following student unrest spreading to the rest of the population China starts the use of troops to quell protesters which is not successful the first time in Tiananmen square.

1989 Russia Gas Explosion: A natural gas pipeline leaks gas close to a railroad track in the Ural Mountains and as two trains pass the build up of gas an explosion occurs creating a massive fireball which engulfs the trains killing over 500 of the passengers.

1998 Germany High Speed Rail Crash: A high speed train travelling in excess of 125MPH comes off the rails in Eschede, 35 miles (50km) north of Hanover leaving at least 100 people dead and many more injured.

1999 India / Pakistan Kashmir: India and Pakistan are once again in conflict over the area of Kashmir with reports of hand-to-hand fighting and ground and air strikes by Indian forces on Pakistan backed guerrillas in areas close to the LOC ( Line Of Control ) in Kashmir province which is seperated into a Pakistan side and an India Side, the LOC was agreed in 1949 following a ceasefire between the two countries.

2004 Saudi Arabia Oil Price Increase: Following the terrorist attacks on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia the price of oil has peaked to $42.45 a barrel, members of Opec, the oil producing cartel, are meeting in Beirut today to agree to increase oil production in an attempt to stabilise the price.

2008 U.S.A. GM / General Motors Closes Plants: Following a lower market share of the US car market and sales down by an additional 25%, General Motors has announced it is closing four truck and sports utility vehicle (SUV) plants in the US, Canada and Mexico.

June 6th

1923 U.S.A. One Piece Swimming Suits: Much debate and laws occur when one-piece swimming suits become the fashion for beach-bound women. Various cities ban the new style while others will allow it but only if the new suits are appropriate for swimming and not just for fashion.

1932 U.S.A. 1 cent Federal Tax On Gas: The first federal gasoline tax ( All US States had a gas tax prior to this starting in Oregon in 1919 ) was created with the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1932 with a tax of 1 cent/gal .

1933 U.S.A. Boulder Dam: The first concrete was poured today on creating the Boulder Dam and is work is expected to last for a further 3 years to create the tallest dam in the world , The base of the Dam will be 660 ft thick and will rise over 700 ft when completed.

1933 U.S.A. Movie Theater: The first drive in movie theater is opened in Camden, NJ,

1934 U.S.A. Securities Exchange Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act , this was in response to the 1929 stock market crash which was a major factor in the great depression years of the 30's. Up till that point the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had been operating with little or no government control and the creation of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) was hoped to restore investor confidence in the market.

1944 Europe Operation Overlord / D-Day : Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War II gives the go-ahead for a massive invasion of Europe called Operation Overlord / D-Day by British, Canadian and American forces and a million Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France

1962 Algiers Outbreak Civil Fighting: Muslim auxiliary police fired on French troops in Algeria. Three Moslem's and one French lieutenant were killed as a result. According to police the outbreak began when a group of armed Muslim civilians attacked French troops and French troops opened fire. In response to the incident auxiliary Muslim police came to the scene and also opened fire.

1975 UK Referendum European Economic Community: The UK has it's first nationwide referendum over the continued membership of the European Economic Community. 2/3 of voters support the government's campaign to stay in the EEC, or Common Market.

1978 U.S.A. California Proposition 13 A: California voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13 A "People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation,". Following the proposition 13 passage a cap is placed on property tax rates in the state, reducing them by an average of 57%.

1981 India Train Crash: A major rail accident when more than 500 passengers are killed is caused by an engineer who was reverential of cows causing the train to go over the bridge and sink in the river.

1984 India Golden Temple Compound: The Indian government sends army troops into the Sikh rebel held Golden Temple compound in Amritsar the holiest shrine of Sikhism where they kill at least 500 Sikh rebels.

1999 U.S.A. Napster Peer To Peer Sharing Service: Napster the online music file sharing service starts as the first widely-used peer-to-peer sharing service allowing music fans to easily share MP3 format song files with each other. The service is shut down by court order in July 2001.

2001 U.S.A. Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate: Following the decision of Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont to leave the Republican Party and become an independent Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate.

2001 U.S.A. Philip Morris: A Los Angeles court awards $3bn in punitive damages to Richard Boeken against cigarette maker Philip Morris saying they did not do enough to warn him of the dangers of smoking.

2005 U.S.A. Medicinal Use Of Marijuana: The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-to-3 that under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which allows the United States Congress "To regulate Commerce... among the several States," Congress may ban the use of cannabis even where states approve its use for medicinal purposes. ( Gonzales v. Raich (previously Ashcroft v. Raich), 545 U.S. 1 ).

2007 Germany G8 Summit: This years meeting of G8 Summit in Germany believes that tackling climate change is one of the key issues with much talk of targets and global treaties. One of the proposals to be discussed is Carbon Tax:= Impose a levy on polluters based on the amount of emissions they release.