A bit of May 27th history…

1678 - Habeaus Corpus Act (strengthens a person’s right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment) passed in England

1873 - Heinrich Schliemann discovers “Priam’s Treasure” , a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia (pictured)

1930 -  Richard Drew invents masking tape

1969 - Walt Disney World construction begins in Florida

1977 - Sex Pistols release “God Save the Queen”, sparking major controversy and leading to a ban of the song by the BBC (pictured below)

2017 - In Bangalore, India, white, puffy, toxic foam begins spilling out of Varthur Lake onto city streets 

On May 26, 1864, President Lincoln signed an enabling act creating the Territory of Montana. Continue reading.

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A bit of May 26th history…

1647 - Alse Young becomes 1st person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartfort, Connecticut (pictured)

1805 - Lewis & Clark sight the Rocky Mountains

1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy

1896 - Last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, is crowned

2019 - 9 climbers die in a week on Mt Everest after overcrowding leads to a huge queue to reach the summit (pictured below) 

Essayist, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston on May 25, 1803. Continue reading.

Legendary jazz tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was born on May 25, 1878, in Richmond, Virginia. Continue reading.

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A bit of May 25th history…

1787 - Constitutional Convention opens in Philadelphia

1842 - Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect

1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in “Mickey’s Review”

1961 - JFK announces US’s goal of putting a man on the Moon before the end of the decade

1977 - Original Star Wars movie (A New Hope; Ep IV) is released (pictured)

2012 - A Space X Dragon becomes 1st commercial spacecraft to dock at International Space Station (pictured below) 

On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore. Continue reading.

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A bit of May 23rd history…

1576 - Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory (pictured)

1701 - Captain William Kidd is hanged in London being convicted of piracy and murder

1785 Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals

1934 - Bonnie & Clyde are killed by police in an ambush in Louisiana

1949 - Federal Republic of West Germany created out of the American, British, and French occupational zones 

A bit of May 22nd history…

334BC - Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army defeat Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Granicus (pictured)

1906 - Wright Brothers are granted a patent for their “flying machine”, having applied 3 years earlier

1933 - 1st modern sighting of Loch Ness Monster

1947 - 1st US ballistic missile fired

2015 - Ireland becomes 1st country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by popular vote 

A bit of May 21st history…

1819 - 1st bicycles - the swift walker- introduced in the US in NYC (pictured)

1881 - American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton

1918 - US House of Reps passes amendment allowing women to vote

2017 - Barnum and Bailey Circus performs for the last time in NYC after 146 years