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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. ...
May 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21...
May 18, 2004 Sonia Gandhi declines the post of Prime Minister of India. ...
May 18, 2003 The Guardian reporter Andrew Meldrum, the last foreign journalist in Zimbabwe, is forcibly deported after covering the country for the last 23 years. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: May 1 - Chandra Levy disapears while jogging. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ...
May 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
Events - 1152 - Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- 1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
- 1498 - Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India
- 1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1631 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- 1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
- 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
- 1783 - First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
- 1803 - Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
- 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- 1811 - Las Piedras Battle first great military triumph of the liberating revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay leaded by Jose Artigas.
- 1825 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, general in the Greek War of Independence is released from prison.
- 1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 1863 - American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins, ending on July 4.
- 1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.
- 1869 - The Public Credit Act is passed by Ulysses S. Grant, one of his first actions as President of the United States. The Act endorsed the payment of the national debt after the American Civil War in gold currency instead of greenbacks.
- 1876 - Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas under Marshal Larry Deger.
- 1896 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional.
- 1896 - Khodynka Tragedy: a mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II resulted in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- 1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
- 1900 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- 1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
- 1917 - World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription.
- 1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California, beach.
- 1927 - The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
- 1933 - New Deal: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1944 - World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as Germans evacuate Monte Cassino and Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives over four months.
- 1944 - Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- 1944 - World War II: SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia.
- 1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
- 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier (she flew in a F-86 Sabrejet at an average speed of 652.337 miles per hour (1049.835 km/h) at Rogers Dry Lake, California).
- 1958 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
- 1959 - Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 launched. Crewed by astronauts Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, and John Young. Dress-rehearsal flight for the moon landing missions that followed.
- 1974 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- 1974 - Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.
- 1974 - Willemstad, Curaçao Football Club: UNion DEportivo Banda Abou "UNDEBA"(UND)have been founded.
- 1980 - 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 1980 - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
- 1983 - In Ireland, scene of remarkable pirate radio broadcasting during the decade, the Government launched a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
- 1990 - In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record - 515.3km/h - superseding the previous record of 406.9km/h set by the German InterCityExperimental train
- 1991 - Helen Sharman from Sheffield becomes the first Briton to orbit in Space
- 1991 - Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland however it is unrecognised by the international community.
- 1992 - The Archivist of the United States issues a proclamation to officially announce that the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been ratified, despite more than 200 years for completion of the ratification process by the state legislatures.
- 1998 - United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
- 2006 - The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway...
Henry II of England (5 March 1133 â 6 July 1189) ruled as King of England (1154â1189), Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. ...
Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine (or Aliénor), Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess of Poitou (1122[1] â April 1, 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the High Middle Ages. ...
Conradin (right) is executed by Charles I of Sicily, thus extinguishing the Hohenstaufen dynasty, in 1268. ...
The Principality of Antioch in the context of the other states of the Near East in 1135 AD. The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade. ...
The Crusader states, c. ...
Mamluk Flag Eastern Mediterranean 1450 Capital Cairo Language(s) Arabic, Kipchak Turkic[1] Religion Islam Government Monarchy History - As-Salih Ayyub Death 1250 - Battle of Ridanieh 1517 Today part of Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria Palestine Israel Lebanon Jordan Turkey Libya A Mamluk cavalryman, drawn in 1810 A mamluk (Arabic: Ù
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al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari (also spelled Baybars) (Arabic: ) was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria. ...
In 1260 Baibars, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, began to threaten the crusader state of Antioch, which (as a vassal of the Armenians) had supported the Mongols, the traditional enemies of the Turks. ...
al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari (also spelled Baybars) (Arabic: ) was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria. ...
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1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation). ...
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Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ...
A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ...
Thomas Kyd (1558 - 1594) was an English dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. ...
Heresy, as a blanket term, describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox. ...
This article is about the English dramatist. ...
// Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ...
1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner. ...
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8â26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their first governor on April 8, 1630. ...
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...
// Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...
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North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
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Year 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - Total 365. ...
This article is about the Canadian province. ...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The name United Empire Loyalists is given to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War. ...
Saint John[3] is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ...
This article is about the Canadian province. ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Combatants Austria[a] Portugal Prussia[a] Russia[b] Sicily[c] Sardinia Spain[d] Sweden[e] United Kingdom French Empire Holland[f] Italy Etruria[g] Naples[h] Duchy of Warsaw[i] Confederation of the Rhine[j] Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Denmark-Norway[k] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack...
The Treaty of Amiens was signed on March 25, 1802 (Germinal 4, year X in the French Revolutionary Calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquis Cornwallis as a Definitive Treaty of Peace between France and the United Kingdom. ...
1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica â 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ...
The Senate amphitheater in the Luxembourg Palace The Senate (in French :le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ...
For the US Federal Agent designation, see Special agent. ...
This page is about the South American estuary. ...
José Gervasio Artigas (June 19, 1764 - September 23, 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay and is sometimes called the father of Uruguayan independence. Artigas was born in Montevideo in the Spanish colony of Banda Oriental which later become the republic of Uruguay. ...
Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Monument of Theodoros Kolokotronis in Athens. ...
Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ...
Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Politics series Politics Portal This box: The National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ...
The Frankfurt Parliament is the name of the German National Assembly founded during the Revolutions of 1848 that tried to unite Germany in a democratic way. ...
For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ...
Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Ulysses S. Grant John C. Pemberton Strength 77,000[1] ~30,000 Casualties 4,855[2] 32,697 (29,495 surrendered)[2] The Battle of Vicksburg, or Siege of Vicksburg, was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of...
is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Enomoto Takeaki (front, right) and the leaders of his loyalist troops in Hokkaido, 1869. ...
Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 â July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869â1877). ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...
The term Greenbacks is used to refer to: the paper money first issued by the United States during the American Civil War, and the United States Greenback Party, which advocated inflation of the currency in the years after the war. ...
Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848âJanuary 13, 1929) was an American farmer, teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western frontier towns, gambler, saloon-keeper, and miner. ...
For Michael Curtizs 1939 western movie, see Dodge City (1939 movie). ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. ...
Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...
The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...
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Separate but equal was a policy enacted into law throughout the U.S. Southern states during the period of segregation, in which African Americans and Americans of European descent would receive the same services (schools, hospitals, water fountains, bathrooms, etc. ...
The Khodynka Tragedy was a mass panic that occurred on May 18, 1896 on Khodynka Field during the festivities of the crowning of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and resulted in the deaths of 1389 people. ...
In psychology collective hysteria is the name given to a phenomenon of the manifestation of the same hysterical symptoms by more than one person. ...
Khodynka Field (Russian: , Khodynskoye pole) is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningradsky Prospect. ...
For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...
A asses is a ceremony marking the investment of a monarch with regal power through, amongst other symbolic acts, the placement of a crown upon his or her head. ...
Nicholas II redirects here. ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the novel. ...
Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 â April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ...
Ä: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ...
This article is about states protected and/or dominated by a foreign power. ...
Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
This article is about Earth as a planet. ...
Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, more generally known as Halleys Comet after Edmond Halley, is a comet that can be seen every 75-76 years. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
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The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act, (P.L. 65-12, 40 Stat. ...
Congress in Joint Session. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Look up evangelist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Aimee Stewart she was also the founder of the Foursquare Church. ...
Venice Beach and Boardwalk Venice, California, is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Bath School disaster is the name given to three bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18, 1927, which killed 45 people and injured 58. ...
This article is about the U.S. State. ...
Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The New Deal was the title President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to the series of programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of providing relief, recovery, and reform (3 Rs) to the people and economy of the United States during the Great Depression. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...
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Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Combatants United Kingdom United States Poland New Zealand Canada Free France India and others Germany Commanders Harold Alexander Mark Clark Oliver Leese Albert Kesselring Heinrich von Vietinghoff Frido von Senger Strength 105,000 80,000 Casualties 54,000 20,000 The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle...
The restored Abbey. ...
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The Crimean Tatars (sg. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Legislative Yuan building in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City (the view is partially obscured by the childrens hospital building of the National Taiwan University Hospital). ...
For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...
Nanjing (南京, Pinyin: Nánjīng, Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking, formerly Jinling 金陵, Jiangning 江宁, and Tianjing 天京) is the central city of downstream Yangtze Basin and is a renowned historical and cultural city. ...
January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ...
Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman on May 11, 1906, died August 7, 1980), was a pioneer American aviatrix. ...
U.S. Navy F/A-18 at transonic speed. ...
The North American F-86 Sabre was a subsonic combat aircraft developed for the US Air Force. ...
Edwards Air Force Base (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW) is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at . ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was a single-engined, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1958 until 1967. ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
National Liberation Committee of Côte dIvoire (in French: Comité National de Libération de la Côte dIvoire) was an Ivorian opposition group, with its political origins in the Party of the African Rally (PRA). ...
Conakry or Konakry (Malinké: KÉnakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
This article is about the series of human spaceflight missions. ...
Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ...
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is a former American astronaut and Air Force Lieutenant General (retired). ...
Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czech and Slovak ancestry. ...
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972. ...
Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
A nuclear test explosion is an experiment involving the detonation of a nuclear weapon. ...
The Smiling Buddha was the first nuclear test explosion by India on May 18, 1974 at Pokhran. ...
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
The Warsaw radio mast in Konstantynów The Warsaw radio mast a few months after collapse Warsaw Radio Mast from far away The Warsaw radio mast was the tallest structure ever built; however, it existed only from 1973 to 1991. ...
is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
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For the mountain in California, see Mount Saint Helena. ...
For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ...
The Gwangju Massacre refers to the atrocities comitted in the city of Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 to May 27, 1980. ...
Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...
This article is about Gwangju Metropolitan City. ...
Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ...
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Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Births - 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
- 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
- 1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
- 1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
- 1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
- 1662 (O.S.) - George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
- 1692 (O.S.) - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
- 1711 - Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
- 1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
- 1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
- 1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
- 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. 1925)
- 1851 - James Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908)
- 1868 - Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov, Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1872 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1876 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
- 1882 - Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1883 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d. 1974)
- 1883 - Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
- 1889 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
- 1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970)
- 1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d. 1957)
- 1897 - Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
- 1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
- 1902 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1907 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)
- 1909 - Fred Perry, British former tennis player (d. 1995)
- 1911 - Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. 1985)
- 1912 - Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (d. 2000)
- 1913 - Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
- 1918 - George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d. 1954)
- 1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
- 1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
- 1922 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Bill Macy, American actor
- 1922 - Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. 1983)
- 1923 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director
- 1924 - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- 1924 - Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
- 1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980)
- 1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor
- 1929 - Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1931 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1931 - Robert Morse, American actor
- 1933 - Bernadette Chirac, French politician
- 1934 - Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive
- 1937 - Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
- 1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
- 1939 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
- 1939 - Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician
- 1941 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
- 1942 - Nobby Stiles, English footballer
- 1943 - James Reiher, American professional wrestler
- 1944 - W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
- 1946 - Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
- 1946 - Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan
- 1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
- 1946 - Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1947 - John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
- 1949 - Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
- 1949 - Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
- 1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
- 1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
- 1952 - Diane Duane, American writer
- 1952 - George Strait, American musician
- 1952 - Jeana Yeager, American aviator
- 1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
- 1957 - Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
- 1958 - Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
- 1959 - Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 - Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
- 1962 - Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
- 1962 - Sandra Cretu, German singer
- 1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
- 1966 - Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
- 1967 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German F1 driver
- 1969 - Martika, Cuban-American singer
- 1970 - Tina Fey, American comedian/actress
- 1971 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player
- 1971 - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
- 1972 - Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Brian Heffron, American professional wrestler better known as the "Blue Meanie"
- 1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
- 1975 - Jack Johnson, American musician
- 1975 - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
- 1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
- 1977 - Danny Mills, English footballer
- 1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 - Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
- 1979 - Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoiest
- 1980 - Jeff Roehl, American football player
- 1980 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
- 1981 - Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
- 1982 - Jason Brown, English-born footballer
- 1982 - Eric West, American singer and actor
- 1983 - Gary O'Neil, English footballer
- 1983 - Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 - Vince Young, American football player
- 1984 - Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
- 1987 - Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
- 1988 - Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
- 1991 - Michael Edwards, Lacrosse player
- 1992 - Spencer Breslin, American actor
- 1997 - Alana Etheridge, American actress
Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ...
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