And the next date in the calendar is....

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30 April 1662 – Birth of Queen Mary II of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England

 

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May 1, 1759 - Josiah Wedgewood founds the Wedgewood Pottery Co in Great Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Wedgwood

 

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2 May 1896 – Birth of Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Greece_and_Denmark

 

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May 3, 1937 - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Price for Fiction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind

 

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4 May 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: King Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tewkesbury

 

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May 5, 1542 - Birth of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Exeter

 

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6 May 1882 – Murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Frederick_Cavendish

 

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May 7, 1901 - Birth of actor Gary Cooper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper

 

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May 8, 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion - Kentishmen revolt again Henry VI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade

 

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May 9, 1860 - Birth of Sir James M Barrie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie

 

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May 10, 1941 - Rudolph Hess parachutes into Scotland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess

 

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11 May 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Perceval

 

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12 May 1820 – Birth of Florence Nightingale, OM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale

 

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13 May 1730 – Birth of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham

 

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May 14, 1940 - Bombing of Rotterdam by Luftwaffe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_rotterdam

 

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15 May 1689 – Birth of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu

 

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May 16, 1929 - 1st Academy Awards presented.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards

 

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17 May 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stafford,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

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May 18, 1812 - John Bellingham is hanged for the assassination of PM Spencer Perceval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bellingham

 

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May 19, 1780 - New England's Dark Day. A combination of thick smoke from forest fires & low cloud cover causes the sun to be blocked in most of the New England States, parts of Eastern Canada, Eastern & Southern New York State, Northern NJ. The darkness was so complete that candles were required from 12 Noon. It didn't disperse till the middle of the next night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England's_Dark_Day