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1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day. 1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. 1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59.4, an as-yet-unbeaten record.
1865 – In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes. 1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London. 1895 – Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two ...
1923 – Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (d. 1994) [27] 1924 – David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014) 1924 – Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976) 1925 – Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001) 1926 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (SensÅ-ji, Tokyo) Flag Day ; Hastings Banda's Birthday ; National Unification Day
So, in honor of Black History Month, here are some well-known and little-known facts that you may not have ... known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies. He was born near Jamestown ...
1842 – A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people. 1846 – Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. 1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
May 30 is the 150th day ... a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people. ... 1975 – Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (b. 1895 ...
There are some pretty cool people born in October including Julia Roberts (October 28), Matt Damon (October 8), Kate Winslet (October 5) and Bruno Mars (October 8). 8. They’re Slightly Taller