On this day ......

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21 May 1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

John III Sobieski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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22 May 1455 – Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

First Battle of St Albans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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23 May 1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.

Battle of Ramillies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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24 May 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

Amy Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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26 May 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.

Dracula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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27 May 1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

Alexander III of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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29 May 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Edmund Hillary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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30 May 1914 – The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.

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

 

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31 May 1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.

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

 

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On this day in 2004, they did an autopsy on my Mother, after she was killed while run over by my neighbour backing out of her driveway (The beginning of my PTSD as I watched the entire incident)

 

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That's terrible Dynk.

10 June 1688 – Birth of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender.

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

 

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11 June 1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.

Alexander of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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12 June 1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.

Globe Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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13 June 1982 – Death of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia.

Khalid of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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14 June 1961 – Birth of Boy George.

Boy George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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15 June 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.

Magna Carta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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16 June 1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. (We still have it )

Great Siege of Gibraltar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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17 June 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.

Francis Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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17 June 1993 my first grandson was born.

 

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18 June 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia