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

[MassRuss]

May 17, 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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18 May 1872 – Birth of Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS.

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

 

[MassRuss]

May 19, 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery, treason & incest

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

 

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20 May 1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire.

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

 

[MassRuss]

May 21, 1979 - White Night Riots in San Francisco after Dan White is convicted of manslaughter instead of murder in the deaths of Harvey Milk & Mayor Mosccone. White later kills himself

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

 

[Pickwick]

22 May 334 BC The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus

 

[MassRuss]

May 23, 1911 - Main branch of NY Public Library is opened (5th Ave & 42nd St)

 

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24 May 1819 – Birth of Queen Victoria

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

 

[MassRuss]

May 25, 1846 - Birth of Princess Helena - 5th child, 3rd daughter of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert

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

 

[Pickwick]

May 26, 1964 Birth of Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor.

Almost 50 that hotty !!

 

[MassRuss]

May 27, 1199 - John crowned King of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England

 

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28 May 1503 – King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a papal bull of Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.

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

 

[MassRuss]

May 29, 1630 - Birth of King Charles II of England

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

 

[Pickwick]

May 30 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.

 

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31 May 1279 BC – Ramesses II (The Great) becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

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

 

[MassRuss]

June 1, 1563 - Birth of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury

 

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2 June 1840 – Birth of Thomas Hardy, OM

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

 

[MassRuss]

June 3, 1808 - Birth of Jefferson Davis, president of the CSA

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

 

[MassRuss]

June 4, 1880 - Birth of American actress Clara Blandick (Auntie Em, Wizard of Oz)

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

 

[Pickwick]

June 5 1316 death of Louis X of France, he had allowed serfs to buy their freedom, which was the first step towards the abolition of serfdom, abolished slavery and readmitted French Jews into the kingdom.