On this day ......

[unloadonme]

3 May 1844 – Birth of Richard D'Oyly Carte

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D'Oyly_Carte

 

[BillyT]

March 3, 1860 - Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

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[BillyT]

May 6, 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst born.

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[BillyT]

May 7, 1945 – World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

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[BillyT]

May 8, 1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)

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[BillyT]

May 9, 1904 – The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).

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[unloadonme]

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

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

 

[unloadonme]

16 May 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French (not difficult) at the Battle of Albuera

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Bereford.jpg

 

[BillyT]

May 16, 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.

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[unloadonme]

19 May 1879 – Birth of Nancy, Viscountess Astor, CH

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor

 

[BillyT]

May 19, 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam was born.

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[BillyT]

May 20, 1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.

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[Triple G]

On this day in 2013, Lefty left us

 

[unloadonme]

RIP Lefty

20 May 1806 – Birth of John Stuart Mill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill

 

[unloadonme]

21 May 1790 – Birth of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshire

 

[BillyT]

May 21, 1502 – The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese explorer João da Nova.

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[BillyT]

May 22, 1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.

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[unloadonme]

23 May 1706 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy in the Battle of Ramillies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ramillies

 

[BillyT]

May 23, 1846 – Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.

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[BillyT]

May 25, 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

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