May 31, 1962, Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel - Eichmann was a Gestapo official and executed for his actions in the Nazi Holocaust of World War Two
May 30, 1981, the president of Bangladesh, Zia Rahman, is assassinated in Chittagong in a coup attempt May 29, 1985, thirty-nine Juventus fans are crushed during rioting at the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus in Brussels May 28, 1951 - Festival of Britain - Princess Elizabeth opens the Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow, the latest show in the Festival of Britain May 27, 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru, the founder of modern India and its current prime minister, dies suddenly at the age of 74 May 26, 1896, the last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, is crowned May 25, 1997, Poland adopts a constitution that removes all traces of communism May 24, 1961, the Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi May 23, 1949, the Republic of West Germany is established May 22, 1939, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel" May 21, 1945, Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart marry May 20, 1973, Britain sends in Royal Navy ships to protect fishing boats in the disputed Icelandic 50-mile zone May 19, 1926, in Damascus, Syria, French shells kill 600 people May 18, 1974, India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb May 17, 1978, Charlie Chaplin's stolen body found May 16, 1943, Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto is over after a month of bloody fighting |
May 15, 1602, Cape Cod is discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold May 14, 1991, Winnie Mandela, the wife of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela, is given a six-year jail term for her part in the kidnap of four youths May 13, 1958, U.S. Vice President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela Remembering Labour leader John Smith On May 12, 1994, John Smith leader of the Labour Party in the UK died. He died in a London hospital aged 55 following two serious heart attacks. Have you ever considered how one person can affect so much .....more May 12, 2003, in Texas, fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers went into hiding over a dispute with Republican's over a congressional redistricting plan May 10, 2001 in Ghana, 121 people are killed in a stampede at a soccer game May 9, 1979, at least 18 demonstrators are shot dead and many wounded after police open fire on anti-government protesters in El Salvador May 8, 1984, the Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles May 7,1945, Germany signs unconditional surrender ending World War II. It will take effect the next day May 6, 1527, German troops begin sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space, from Cape Canaveral, Florida May 4, 1982, Argentines destroy HMS Sheffield May 3, 2012, UK government thrashed at polls May 2, 1997, the UK Labour Party wins the general election by a landslide, leaving the Conservative Party in tatters after 18 years in power May 1, 1999, the body of Philip "Taylor" Kramer (Iron Butterfly, missing for 4 years, is found in a valley in Malibu, CA |
