NATIONAL BRISKET DAY
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician and philosopher, Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
1754 – French and Indian War (or Seven Years War): In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania,
1754 – French and Indian War (or Seven Years War): In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania,
1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. Turing was a pioneering English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1937 – Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1937 – Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1942 – World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, the Deputy/Acting Reich-Protector, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people. Although only wounded in the attack, Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942.
1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
1961 – Peter Benenson's article, The Forgotten Prisoners, is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 1964. Concluding this meeting the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated goal was the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle. The ideology of the PLO was formulated in the founding year 1964 in the Palestinian National Covenant. The document is a combative anti-Zionist statement dedicated to the "restoration of the Palestinian homeland". It has no reference to religion. In 1968, the Charter was replaced by a comprehensively revised version.
1961 – Peter Benenson's article, The Forgotten Prisoners, is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 1964. Concluding this meeting the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated goal was the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle. The ideology of the PLO was formulated in the founding year 1964 in the Palestinian National Covenant. The document is a combative anti-Zionist statement dedicated to the "restoration of the Palestinian homeland". It has no reference to religion. In 1968, the Charter was replaced by a comprehensively revised version.
1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. It was the deadliest fire in the United States since 1944, when 168 people were killed in the Hartford circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut.
1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners (FsOB) in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. And Bill went merrily on his way.
1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
2002 – The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297 million. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's geology and radiation environment.
2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
BORN TODAY
1818 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American general, Civil War, Confederacy (d. 1893)
1888 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
1908 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (d. 1964)
1912 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, first Australian Nobel Prize laureate,(d. 1990)
1917 – Papa John Creach, American blues violinist (d. 1994)
1918 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)
1942 – Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
1818 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American general, Civil War, Confederacy (d. 1893)
1888 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
1908 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (d. 1964)
1912 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, first Australian Nobel Prize laureate,(d. 1990)
1917 – Papa John Creach, American blues violinist (d. 1994)
1918 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)
1942 – Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
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