NATIONAL NO DIRTY DISHES DAY
1096 ― Crusaders massacre the Jews of Worms, France: The massacre at Worms was one of number of attacks against Jewish communities perpetrated during the First Crusade (1096–1099). Followers of Count Emicho arrived at Worms on May 18, 1096. Soon after a rumor spread that the Jews had drowned a Christian and used contaminated water to poison the town’s wells. The local populace later joined forces with Emicho and launched a savage attack on the town’s Jews. Every Jew that was captured was slain. Bishop Adalbert intervened and allowed his palace to serve as a refuge, but eight days later the mob broke in and slaughtered those seeking asylum there. They were in the midst of reciting the Hallel prayer for Rosh Chodesh Sivan. In all, around 800 Jews were killed, with the exception of some who committed suicide and a few who were forcibly baptised. One Simchah ben Yitzchak ha-Cohen stabbed the bishop's nephew while being baptiZed and was killed for it.
1593 ― Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1642 ― Montreal, Canada, is founded.
1652 ― Rhode Island enacts the first law declaring slavery illegal.
1896 ― The U.S. Supreme Court affirms legitimacy of racial separation (Plessy v Ferguson). It upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion written by Justice Henry Billings Brown and the dissent written by Justice John Marshall Harlan.
1896 ― The Khodynka Tragedy, a mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1917 ― The U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service Act, (the draft), authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment.
1927 ― The Gros Ventre landslide occurs in NW Wyoming, damming the Gros Ventre river, and forming Slide Lake.
1933 ― The Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams. The TVA is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. The TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society.
1944 ― The Polish 2nd Army Corps captures the mountain top convent of Monte Cassino, Italy in WWII. During the battle in the Italian Campaign (January–May 1944) the Abbey made up one section of the 161-kilometre (100-mile) Gustav Line, a German defensive line designed to hold the Allied troops from advancing any further into Italy. The Gustav Line stretched from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic coast and the monastery was one of the key strongholds, overlooking Highway 6 and blocking the path to Rome. On 15 February 1944 the abbey was almost completely destroyed in a series of heavy American-led air raids. The bombing was conducted because many reports from troops on the ground suggested that Germans were occupying the monastery, and it was considered a key observational post by all those who were fighting in the field.
1951 ― The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York City. "Wee-doggies!"
1953 ― The first woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA in a North American F-86 Sabre jet).
1964 ― The U.S. Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years.
1974 ― Nigeria announces 55 percent government participation in all oil concessions.
1980 ― In the state of Washington, Mount St. Helens erupts. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. The debris avalanche was up to 0.7 cubic miles (2.9 km3) in volume. A total of 3,900,000 cubic yards (3,000,000 m3) of material was transported 17 miles (27 km) south into the Columbia River by the mudflows.
1983 ― The U.S. Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
1989 ― A crowd of protesters, estimated to number more than one million, marches through the streets of Beijing calling for a more democratic political system. Just a few weeks later, the Chinese government moved to crush the protests.
1990 ― The Chicago Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends his 2nd baseman record of 123 consecutive errorless games.
1998 ― United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
2001 ― Saudi Arabia selects the eight foreign companies to take part in its Natural Gas Initiative, three core venture gas projects that have an anticipated worth of $25 billion.
2009 ― Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
2012 ― On this day in history, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the third-largest IPO ever in the United States, after those of Visa and General Motors.
1852 – Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
1872 – Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1920 – Pope John Paul II, saint (d. 2005)
1642 ― Montreal, Canada, is founded.
1652 ― Rhode Island enacts the first law declaring slavery illegal.
1803 – Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. The wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire, led by Napoleon I, against an array of European powers formed into various coalitions. They revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly owing to the application of modern mass conscription. The wars were a continuation of the Revolutionary Wars, which broke out in 1792 during the French Revolution.
1860 ― The Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president. Founded by anti-slavery activists, modernists, ex-Whigs, and ex-Free Soilers in 1854, the Republicans dominated politics nationally and in the majority of northern States for most of the period between 1860 and 1932.
1863 ― The Union Army, commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant, begins the Siege of Vicksburg, MS during the American Civil War.
1896 ― The U.S. Supreme Court affirms legitimacy of racial separation (Plessy v Ferguson). It upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion written by Justice Henry Billings Brown and the dissent written by Justice John Marshall Harlan.
1896 ― The Khodynka Tragedy, a mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1917 ― The U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service Act, (the draft), authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment.
1927 ― The Gros Ventre landslide occurs in NW Wyoming, damming the Gros Ventre river, and forming Slide Lake.
1933 ― The Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams. The TVA is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. The TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society.
1944 ― The Polish 2nd Army Corps captures the mountain top convent of Monte Cassino, Italy in WWII. During the battle in the Italian Campaign (January–May 1944) the Abbey made up one section of the 161-kilometre (100-mile) Gustav Line, a German defensive line designed to hold the Allied troops from advancing any further into Italy. The Gustav Line stretched from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic coast and the monastery was one of the key strongholds, overlooking Highway 6 and blocking the path to Rome. On 15 February 1944 the abbey was almost completely destroyed in a series of heavy American-led air raids. The bombing was conducted because many reports from troops on the ground suggested that Germans were occupying the monastery, and it was considered a key observational post by all those who were fighting in the field.
1951 ― The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York City. "Wee-doggies!"
1953 ― The first woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA in a North American F-86 Sabre jet).
1964 ― The U.S. Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years.
1974 ― Nigeria announces 55 percent government participation in all oil concessions.
1980 ― In the state of Washington, Mount St. Helens erupts. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. The debris avalanche was up to 0.7 cubic miles (2.9 km3) in volume. A total of 3,900,000 cubic yards (3,000,000 m3) of material was transported 17 miles (27 km) south into the Columbia River by the mudflows.
1983 ― The U.S. Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
1989 ― A crowd of protesters, estimated to number more than one million, marches through the streets of Beijing calling for a more democratic political system. Just a few weeks later, the Chinese government moved to crush the protests.
1990 ― The Chicago Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends his 2nd baseman record of 123 consecutive errorless games.
1998 ― United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
2001 ― Saudi Arabia selects the eight foreign companies to take part in its Natural Gas Initiative, three core venture gas projects that have an anticipated worth of $25 billion.
2009 ― Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
2012 ― On this day in history, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the third-largest IPO ever in the United States, after those of Visa and General Motors.
BORN TODAY
1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1131)
1852 – Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
1872 – Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1920 – Pope John Paul II, saint (d. 2005)
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