On May 18: 1152 – Henry II of England weds Eleanor of Acquitaine 1565 – Ottoman forces unsuccessfully attempt to conquer Malta, starting the Siege of Malta 1631 – John Winthrop becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts 1756 – Great Britain declares war on France, starting the Seven Years’ War 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is [...]
On This Day In History: May 18, 2012
May 18th, 2012
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On This Day in History: May 16, 2012
May 16th, 2012On May 16: 1204 – The first Emperor of the Latin Empire is crowned, Baldwin IX 1843– The first major wagon train leaves on the Oregon Trail, heading for the Pacific Northwest 1866 – Congress introduces the nickel as a replacement for the half dime coin 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his [...]
On This Day in History: May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012On May 14: 1483 – Charles VIII of France (Charles l’Affable) has his coronation 1643 – Upon the death of Louis XIII, his son, four year old Louis XIV, becomes King of France 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois 1863– Battle of Jackson takes place (Civil War) 1925 – Virginia [...]
On This Day in History: May 11, 2012
May 11th, 2012On May 11: 912 – Alexander becomes the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 1812 – John Bellingham assassinates the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, in the House of Commons, London 1908 – America celebrates its first Mother’s Day in Grafton, West Virginia 1867 – Luxembourg gains its independence 1904 – Salvador Dali is born in Figueres, [...]
On This Day in History: May 10, 2012
May 10th, 2012On May 10, 2012: 1503 – The Cayman Islands are visited by Christopher Columbus and named Las Tortugas thanks to their numerous turtles 1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become king and queen of France 1908 – America celebrates its firth Mother’s Day in Grafton, West Virginia 1940 – Winston Churchill becomes the Prime [...]
On This Day in History: May 9th, 2012
May 10th, 2012On May 9th, 2012: 1502 – Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere 1688 – Transylvania became part of the kingdom of Hungary 1914 – Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation that officially established the first national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers 1974 – The [...]
On This Day in History: May 8, 2012
May 8th, 2012May 8, 2012 1792 – Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law 1945 – V-E Day is celebrated in American and Britain 1956 – Henry Ford II leaves post at Ford Foundation 1970 – Nixon defends invasion of Cambodia 1984 – Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics 1988 – Woman convicted for tampering with Excedrin [...]
On This Day in History: May 7, 2012
May 7th, 2012May 7, 2012 1789 – George Washington attends inaugural ball 1902 – Martinique’s Mount Pele begins the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. 1915 – German submarine sinks Lusitania 1960 – Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR 1994 – Munch’s The Scream recovered 1998 – Daimler-Benz announces purchase of Chrysler Corp. Share and Enjoy:
On This Day in History: May 4, 2012
May 4th, 2012May 4, 2012 1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on what is now Manhattan 1704 – The British seized Gibraltar from Spain 1929 – Actress Audrey Hepburn was born 1994 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule 1990 – A [...]
On This Day in History: May 3, 2012
May 3rd, 2012May 3, 2012 1469 – Niccolo Machiavelli was born 1810 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated 1921 – West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax in the US 1947 – Japan’s post WWII constitution went into effect 1937 – Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone with the Wind” 1980 – MADD [...]
