507 Jaksot

  1. 5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

    Julkaistiin: 5.6.2025

  2. 4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

    Julkaistiin: 4.6.2025

  3. 3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

    Julkaistiin: 3.6.2025

  4. 2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy

    Julkaistiin: 2.6.2025

  5. 1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad

    Julkaistiin: 1.6.2025

  6. 31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War

    Julkaistiin: 31.5.2025

  7. 30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies

    Julkaistiin: 30.5.2025

  8. 29th May 1660: Charles II restored to the English throne, marking the end of over a decade of republican rule

    Julkaistiin: 29.5.2025

  9. 28th May 1754: Battle of Jumonville Glen in Pennsylvania marks the beginning of the French and Indian War

    Julkaistiin: 28.5.2025

  10. 27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great

    Julkaistiin: 27.5.2025

  11. 26th May 1923: First 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race begins, establishing the endurance racing format

    Julkaistiin: 26.5.2025

  12. 25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

    Julkaistiin: 25.5.2025

  13. 24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

    Julkaistiin: 24.5.2025

  14. 23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany

    Julkaistiin: 23.5.2025

  15. 22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

    Julkaistiin: 22.5.2025

  16. 21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

    Julkaistiin: 21.5.2025

  17. 20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

    Julkaistiin: 20.5.2025

  18. 19th May 1922: Young Pioneer organisation formally established in the USSR

    Julkaistiin: 19.5.2025

  19. 18th May 1848: The Frankfurt Parliament opens at St. Paul’s Church as the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany

    Julkaistiin: 18.5.2025

  20. 17th May 1756: The Seven Years’ War begins, when Great Britain formally declares war on France

    Julkaistiin: 17.5.2025

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