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FRIDAY, June 02, 2023

1886-Grover Cleveland is first to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)1899-Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings1910-Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea1924-U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians1925-NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak1953-Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey1965-Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India)1966-U.S. Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; first lunar soft-landing1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston1977-NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City1983-Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti1986-Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins1989-14 year old Scott Isaacs spells “spoliator” to win 1989 Spelling Bee

Jun 1, 2023

THURSDAY, June 01, 2023

1869-Voting machine patented by Thomas Edison1888-California gets its first seismograph1925-Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (first of record 2130 consecutive games)1939-First televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova1941-Germany bans all Catholic publications1963-King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia1965-Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners1967-Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.1970-Soyuz 9 launches into Earth's orbit for 18 days1971-Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin1980-Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting1984-Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg1991-Mount Pinatubo (Phillippines) erupts for first time in 600 years

May 31, 2023

WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023

1923-China & USSR exchange diplomats1935-Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta, Pakistan1940-Prime Minister Winston Churchill flies to Paris1953-Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government1957-Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)1961-JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris1969-Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"1974-Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights1977-"Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances1979-Zimbabwe proclaims independence1985-New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,0001991-Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia1991-Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war

May 30, 2023

TUESDAY, May 30, 2023

1913-First Balkan War ends, Treaty of London1935-Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies1937-Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, 10 die1949-East Germans constitution approved1956-U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)1968-President De Gaulle disbands French parliament1972-3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport1981-Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers1982-Spain becomes 16th member of NATO1986-France performs nuclear test1987-West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square1990-Earthquake (6.4) hits Peru, killing 1351991-64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic1997-Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson

May 29, 2023

MONDAY, May 29, 2023

0526-Antioch struck by earthquake; about 250,000 die1453-Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire1968-U.N. resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia1973-Thomas Bradley elected 1st Black mayor of Los Angeles, CA1977-NBC News & Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio1980-53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling “elucubrate”1986-59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling “odontalgia”1990-Boris Yeltsin is elected first president of the Russian Federation1993-Neo-Nazis skinheads kill five Turkish women in Solingen, Germany1996-Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11) lands at John F. Kennedy Space Center1997-70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling "euonym"

May 28, 2023

FRIDAY, May 26, 2023

1927-Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile1942-Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star1943-First president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)1943-Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam1946-Patent filed in U.S. for H-Bomb1955-Conservatives win British parliamentary election1966-Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hue South-Vietnam1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from U.K.1972-Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord1977-Movie "Star Wars" debuts1981-Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 141983-NASA launches Exosat1987-Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka1989-Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals1989-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1990-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China1993-Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a homerun1994-Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)

May 25, 2023

THURSDAY, May 25, 2023

On this day...1810-Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)1946-Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan1949-Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai1950-Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)1961-JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade1962-U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week1969-Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup1983-"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released1983-First National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed1983-Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 3571983 France performs nuclear test1989-Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union1991-Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews1992-Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"1992-Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy

May 24, 2023By Kim Ji-soo

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023

1915-Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations1954-IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour1957-Anti American riots break out in Taipei, Taiwan1957-Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia1964-Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 3001975-Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 41986-Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel1989-French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice1993-Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war1993-Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement1997-STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands1997-Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful

May 23, 2023

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023

1785-Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals1873-Postal cards sold in San Fransisco for first time1903-First automobile trip across U.S. from San Fransisco to New York, ended April 11915-Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WWI1958-Mao Zedong starts "Great Leap Forward" movement in China1960-Israel announced capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina1977-Benin adopts its constitution1978-General strike in Peru1982-BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina1986-U.S. & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa1994-270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia1994-Roman Herzog elected President of Germany

May 22, 2023

MONDAY, May 22, 2023

1892-Dr. Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube1926-Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang, China1947-"Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece1950-Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey1957-South Africa Government approves race separation in universities1961-First revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens1965-"Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #661967-Egyptian president Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel1972-Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified1973-President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up1990-North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen1991-Roh Jai-bong resigns as premier of South Korea1992-India launches its Agni rocket1992-Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show

May 21, 2023

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