May 21
 

1840 - New Zealand was declared a British colony.

1927 - Charles A. Lindberg completed the first solo non-stop air plane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The trip began May 20.

1968 - The nuclear-powered US submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.

1982 - The British landed in the Falkland Islands and fighting began.

Also today 21 of May
 

1799 - Mary Anning was born!

685 - Battle of Nechtansmere/Dun Nechtain: Picts beat Northumbrians

A British Lancaster falls
 

May 22
 

1892 - Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the toothpaste tube.

1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel."

1986 - Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film.

1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.

1903 - Launch of the White Star Liner SS Ionic.

How the West was REALLY Won
 

All that so Mcbee can get Starbucks before going to work in the morning.:D

5/23
 

Starbucks...the source of most cases of dysentery :)

1430 - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne & sold to the English

5/23 Duke vs DUC
 

May 24
 

1830 - The first passenger railroad service in the US began service.

1878 - The first American bicycle race was held in Boston.

1881 - About 200 people died when the Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sank near London, Ontario.

1941 - The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic. Only three people survived.

1994 - The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

1738 - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.