On this Day in History
April 16th:
1962- Walter Cronkite takes over as lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News.
1912-Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
April 17th:
1964-Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
1937-Daffy Duck's first appearance, in Porky’s Duck Hunt.
May 18th:
1775-Paul Revere warned the countryside of the British approach.
1909-Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
May 19th:
1892-Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States.
1975-India’s first satellite is launched.
May 20th:
1972-Apollo 16 lands on the moon.
1946-The League of Nations officially dissolves.
May 21st:
1964-New York World’s Fair opens for its second and final season.
1934-The most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, Surgeon’s Photograph is published.
May 22nd:
1998-Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World.
1970-The first Earth Day is celebrated.
May 23rd:
1910-Theodore Roosevelt makes his “The Man in the Arena” speech.
2005-First YouTube video, “Me at the zoo” is uploaded.
May 24th
1704-The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America is published in Boston, Massachusetts.
1953-Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
May 25th:
1901-New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
1983-An American schoolgirl is invited to the Soviet Union after she expressed her fears of nuclear war.
April 26th:
1607-Colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
1564-William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
April 27th:
2006-Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
1810-Beethoven composes Fur Elise.
April 28th:
1788-Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1932-A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
April 29th:
1967-Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title after refusing to join the United States Army.
1429-Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
April 20th:
1803-The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
1945-Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide.
May 1st:
2003-George W. Bush declares that major combat operations in Iraq have ended.
1961-The Prime Minister of Cuba proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
May 2nd:
2000-Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the U.S. military.
1611-The King James Bible is published for the first time.
May 3rd:
1974-The Sears Tower becomes the world’s tallest building, 1,451 feet.
1960-The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
May 4th:
1776-Rhode Island becomes the first colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
1493-The New World is divided between Spain and Portugal, Line of Demarcation.
May 5th:
1865-In Ohio, the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
553-The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
May 6th:
1861-Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
1889-The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public.
May 7th:
1846-America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, The Cambridge Chronicle, is published for the first time.
2000-Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
May 8th:
1912-Paramount Pictures is founded.
1933-Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against the British rule in India.
May 9th:
1970-75,000 to 100,000 Vietnam War protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
1386-England and Portugal sign the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
May 10th:
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
May 11th:
1858-Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
912-Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
May 12th:
1932- Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead a few miles away from the Lindbergh's’ home in Hopewell, New Jersey.
1965-The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the moon.
May 13th:
1846-The United States declares war on Mexico which starts the Mexican-American War.
1940-Winston Churchill gives his “blood, toil, tears, and sweat” speech.
May 14th:
1973-The United States’ first space station, Skylab, is launched.
1948-Israel is declared to be an independent state.
May 15th:
1970-Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington become the first female U.S. Army Generals.
1718-James Puckle patents the world’s first machine gun.
May 16th:
1960-Theodore Maiman operates the first optics laser in Malibu, California.
1568-Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
