1619 – England and the Netherlands sign treaty about trading in the Indies
1771 – “Armida”, an operatic ‘dramma per musica’ by Antonio Salieri debuts at the Vienna Burgtheater
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US
1920 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O’Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
1932 – German Chancellor Franz von Papen forms his “Cabinet of the Barons”
1935 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1946 – Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1956 – Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
1958 – Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
1997 – Liberals beat Conservatives in France
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 1st June 2020
1861 – US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico
1917 – Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
1918 – Canadian ace Billy Bishop downs 6 aircrafts over a three-day span, including German ace Paul Bilik, reclaiming his top scoring title from James McCudden
1919 – Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
1975 – California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan records his record equalling 4th MLB career no-hitter in beating the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1979 – Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
1980 – ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
2000 – The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
2017 – “Beren and Lúthien,” compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s archives is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Historical Events for 31st May 2020
1861 – Mint at New Orleans closes
1900 – US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1921 – Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1931 – 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1941 – German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools
1967 – Bayern Munchen of West Germany wins 7th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Rangers of Scotland 1-0 in Nuremberg
2002 – NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
2004 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Hale Irwin wins his 4th title in the event by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jay Haas
2012 – Egypt formally ends its 31 year state of emergency
2017 – Kenya’s Madaraka Express, a Chinese-built high speed railway from Mombassa to Nairobi is opened by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
Historical Events for 30th May 2020
1510 – Portuguese forces under Afonso de Albuquerque abandon Goa after its former ruler Yusuf Adil Shah, the Muslim King of Bijapur reconquers the city
1842 – John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
1896 – 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hits a cyclist in NYC
1943 – French general Charles De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1954 – Hector Villa-Lobos’ “Odisseia de Uma Raca” premieres
1956 – US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1959 – Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom)
1964 – “Beyond the Fringe” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 performances
1979 – Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack’s TRS-80
1984 – 28th European Cup: Liverpool beats Roma (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome
Historical Events for 29th May 2020
1902 – Dutch State Mine law forms
1940 – Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of The Hague, Netherlands
1954 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Art Larsen 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 for first of 2 straight French singles titles
1976 – “One Piece At A Time” by Johnny Cash hits #29
1980 – JMW Turner’s “Juliet and Her Nurse” sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
1983 – Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
1993 – Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany
2005 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Mike Reid wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Jerry Pate and Dana Quigley
2011 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Tom Watson wins his 6th and final Champions Tour major title with a birdie on the first playoff hole against David Eger
2014 – NHL Eastern Conference Final: New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
Historical Events for 28th May 2020
1349 – 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia
1953 – Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-“Melody”
1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
1964 – Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
1973 – Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
1975 – Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is established by the Treaty of Lagos
1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky kills 168
1979 – European Market accepts Greece as member
1985 – Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1996 – Pavlo Lazarenko becomes Prime Minister of Ukraine
Historical Events for 27th May 2020
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
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