1898 – Arthur Pinero’s “Trelawney of the Wells” premieres in London
1933 – Austrian communist party banned
1958 – Maiden flight of the F-4 Phantom II
1961 – 1st black light is sold
1964 – European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title
1968 – NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises
1972 – Jimmy Castor Bunch’s “Troglodyte (Cave Man)” hits #6
1990 – 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
2007 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina
2011 – NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 3
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 26th May 2020
451 – The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy
1864 – Territory of Montana formed
1905 – A pogrom against Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1918 – Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1941 – American Flag House (Betsy Ross’ Home) given to city of Philadelphia
1963 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner wins the first of 2 French titles; beats England’s Ann Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1973 – Beatles’ “Beatles 1967-1970” album goes #1
2002 – Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia
2012 – A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvinkaa kills 2, wounds 7
Historical Events for 25th May 2020
1914 – British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill
1923 – Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1939 – Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
1944 – Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1955 – Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla
1973 – 26th Cannes Film Festival: “The Hireling” directed by Alan Bridges and “Scarecrow” directed by Jerry Schatzberg jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1981 – Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to play 3,000 baseball games (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1982 – Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1983 – Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1996 – 1st Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Blues win inaugural title with a 45-21 victory over the Natal Sharks; fullback Adrian Cashmore lands 3 penalties and 3 conversions for the home team
Historical Events for 24th May 2020
1658 – Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
1689 – English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
1873 – Alexandra Palace opens on Queen Victoria’s 54th birthday with a grand celebration including concerts, recitals and fireworks
1921 – Bulhoek Massacre: police commissioner Colonel Theodore Truter leads 6 squadrons and artillery detachment against Israelite religious sect collected at annual gathering on land of leader Enoch Mgijima at Ntabalanga; 190 killed
1923 – Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British Prime Minister
1943 – Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean
1954 – 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico
1960 – 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
1968 – Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1988 – John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
Historical Events for 23rd May 2020
1568 – The Netherlands declares independence from Spain
1611 – Matthias von Habsburg chosen King of Bohemia
1922 – Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1947 – PC Hooft prize forms for literature
1975 – 28th Cannes Film Festival: “Chronicle of the Years of Fire” directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina wins the Palme d’Or
1980 – Horror film “The Shining” released directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on book by Stephen King
1982 – BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1989 – Lincoln Square in Bronx named
2001 – 9th UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Valencia (1-1, 5-4 on penalties) at Milan
2016 – Chinese archaeologists announce findings of earliest use of barley in China to make beer, Shaanxi province 3400-2900 BC
Historical Events for 22nd May 2020
1819 – 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)
1915 – Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, only mountain other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century
1950 – Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
1962 – Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game
1963 – European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: José Altafini scores twice as AC Milan edge Benfica, 2-1 for first title to an Italian club
1979 – Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG v East Africa and Singapore v Argentina)
1990 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
1990 – Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
2005 – 58th Cannes Film Festival: “The Child” directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne wins the Palme d’Or
2016 – Independent Alexander Van der Bellen defeats Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes to become President in Austrian elections
Historical Events for 21st May 2020
1260 – Hao Jing, envoy of Mongol leader Kublai Khan imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao at the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong while attempting to negotiate with the Song
1758 – Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
1894 – 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine. His last words were reputed to be “Courage, camarades! Vive l’anarchie!”
1922 – “On the Road to Moscow” is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1931 – Belgian government of Jaspar falls
1969 – After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
1977 – San Diego Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
1988 – “Fat” by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
1997 – Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
2018 – Mushrooms have poisoned more than 800 in western Iran, killing 11
Historical Events for 20th May 2020
1217 – Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá
1961 – White mob attacks “Freedom Riders” in Montgomery, Alabama
1970 – Beatles’ “Let it Be” movie premieres in UK
1978 – US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
1983 – Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1991 – Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA’s MVP
1995 – Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games
1997 – US President Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also known as Myanmar), effective May 21 and renewable annually
2007 – 53rd British Academy Television Awards: “That Mitchell and Webb Look” Best Comedy, “The Street” Best Drama
Historical Events for 19th May 2020
1547 – Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel
1919 – Kelud volcano on Java, erupts killing 5,160
1921 – Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
1941 – Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1981 – Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
1988 – Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia’s Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1989 – Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 – Sue Ellen’s (Linda Gray) last appearance on TV soap “Dallas”
2015 – Historic first handshake between Prince Charles and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at the National University of Ireland in Galway
2018 – 142nd Preakness Stakes: Mike Smith wins aboard Justify in fog for second-leg of the Triple Crown
Historical Events for 18th May 2020
1916 – A British Royal Inquiry into the Easter Rising in Dublin is set up in London
1922 – Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
1944 – Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy
1947 – A’s catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
1959 – “Castin’ My Spell” by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1963 – “Beast in Me” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
1973 – Soviet party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1986 – Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 “atomic” hand-stand push-ups
2008 – NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1
2009 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.