Events1416 - The
Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns
Jerome of Prague following a trial for
heresy. 1431 -
Hundred Years' War: In
Rouen,
France, 19-year-old
Joan of Arc burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.1434 -
Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars):
Battle of Lipany - Effectively ending the war,
Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilated
Taborite forces led by
Prokop the Great.1536 - King
Henry VIII of England marries
Jane Seymour, a
lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.1539 - In
Florida,
Hernando de Soto lands at
Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding
gold.1574 -
Henry III becomes King of
France.1588 - The last ship of the
Spanish Armada sets sail from
Lisbon heading for the
English Channel.
1635 -
Thirty Years' War:
Peace of Prague (1635) signed.
1806 -
Andrew Jackson kills
Charles Dickinson in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of
bigamy.
1814 -
Napoleonic Wars:
War of the Sixth Coalition -
Treaty of Paris (1814) signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1832 - The
Rideau Canal in eastern
Ontario is first opened.
1854 - The
Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the
US territories of
Nebraska and
Kansas.
1868 - Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "
Memorial Day") observed in the
United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic"
John A. Logan's proclaimation on May 5).
1871 - The
Paris Commune falls.
1876 -
Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew
Murat V.
1879 -
New York City's
Gilmores Garden is renamed
Madison Square Garden by
William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and
Madison Avenue. 1879 - An
F4 tornado strikes Irving,
Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60.
1883 - In
New York City, a rumor that the
Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.
1911 - At the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first
Indianapolis 500 ends with
Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race in his Marmon Wasp.
1913 -
First Balkan War:
Treaty of London, 1913 signed ending the war.
Albania becomes an independent nation.
1914 - New & then largest
Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sails on her maiden voyage from
Liverpool, England to
New York City.
1917 -
Alexander I becomes king of
Greece.
1922 - In
Washington, D.C., the
Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
1935 -
Babe Ruth plays in his last
baseball game, in the uniform of the
Boston Braves.
1941 -
World War II:
Germany captures Crete.1941 - World War II:
Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the athenian
Acropolis, tear down the nazi
swastika and replace it with the
Greek flag.
1942 - World War II:
1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.1948 - A dike along the flooding
Columbia River breaks, obliterating
Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1953 - The
Auckland Harbour Bridge was officially opened today in
Auckland,
New Zealand.
1956 - Composer
Karlheinz Stockhausen premieres his piece
Gesang der Jünglinge in
Cologne.
1958 -
Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during
World War II and the
Korean War, are buried at the
Tomb of the Unknowns in
Arlington National Cemetery.
1966 - Former
Congolese Prime Minister
Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in
Kinshasa on the orders of President
Joseph Mobutu.
1967 - At the
Ascot Park in
Gardena, California,
daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his
motorcycle over 16 cars lined-up in a row. 1967 - The
Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the
Republic of Biafra, sparking a
civil war.
1969 - Riots on the
Caribbean island of
Curaçao1971 -
Mariner program:
Mariner 9 launched to Map 70% of the surface and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface of
Mars.
1972 -
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout
Britain.1972 - In
Tel Aviv, members of the
Japanese Red Army carry out the
Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1982 -
Spain becomes the 16th member of
NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since
West Germany's admission in
1955.
1989 -
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "
Goddess of Democracy"
statue is unveiled in
Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1998 - A magnitude 6.6
earthquake hits northern
Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
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