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Great day for Brirish!
1954:
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5/7 Bad policy: Germany loses the war politiclly!
The RMS Lusitania is sunk this date in 1915
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May 8
1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 - US president Harry S Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. |
'giant tea kettle' Travel arrangements get REARRANGED permanently
1960: Nuclear powered USRN TRITON SSRN 586 circumnavigates the world completely submerged! http://cprr.org/Museum/images/I_ACCE...ERMISSIONS.gif
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May 11
1944 - A major offensive was launched by the allied forces in central Italy.
1960 - Israeli soldiers captured Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. |
May 11th
1310 - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam. 1778 - William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 1970 - Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise |
5/11/1862 : The short life of a great battle ship!
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Letoile du Nord!(Motto of state seal) BBY
1858: Minnesota, Land of Sky Blue Waters, becomes the 32nd state in the Union;
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goin' out in style;or...interweaving the bare facts!
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1215 - English barons serve ultimatum on King John; leads to Magna Carta
1670 - Frederick Augustus I/ August II, the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (reputed to have sired 355 children) (d. 1733) 1864 - J.E.B. Stuart [James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart] kia (aged 31) 1959 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor's (27) marries for the 4th time to entertainer Eddie Fisher (30) |
May 12
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River. 1942 - The Soviet Army launched its first major offensive of World War II and took Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine from the German army. 1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II. |
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Suez is safe!
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May 13
1912 - Royal Flying Corps was established in England.
1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain. |
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1573 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord dies (b. 1521) 1643 - Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1846 - US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins 1992 - 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time |
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