1889 – The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is launched in London, England, led by Benjamin Waugh
1918 – Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, D.C.
1920 – Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
1944 – 91 German bombers harass Bristol
1960 – Michael Flanders and Donald Swann’s musical review “At the Drop of a Hat” closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 216 performances
1975 – US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
1981 – NASA launches space vehicle S-192
1994 – FA Cup Final: Manchester United defeat Chelsea 4-0 at Wembley Stadium, London
1995 – Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet’s 2nd most senior spiritual leader
2002 – Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 13th May 2024
641 – Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
1364 – Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
1877 – Caesar Franck’s symphonic poem “Lesson Eolides” premieres
1946 – US sentences 58 camp guards of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
1949 – 1st British-produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
1975 – “Rodgers and Hart” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
1982 – Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1996 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
2018 – China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier begins sea trials in Dalian, China
2023 – 67th Eurovision Song Contest: Loreen wins for Sweden, for the second time, singing “Tattoo”, in Liverpool, England, hosting on behalf of Ukraine
Historical Events for 12th May 2024
1534 – German Duchy of Wurttemberg becomes Lutheran under Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg
1864 – Battle of Spotsylvania, fought near Courthouse, Virginia (Overland Campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
1919 – New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates due to ill health
1953 – KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting
1967 – 20th Cannes Film Festival: “Blowup” directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1972 – Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
1976 – 20th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Saint-Etienne 1-0 at Glasgow
1995 – Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
2001 – 46th Eurovision Song Contest: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL for Estonia wins singing “Everybody” in Copenhagen
Historical Events for 11th May 2024
1310 – Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics
1911 – The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
1926 – Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
1950 – Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1968 – Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor-Danforth Line, going to Scarborough in the east, Etobicoke in the west
1970 – Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina.
1988 – France performs nuclear test
1991 – NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
2015 – Record price for a work of art at auction: Picasso’s The Women of Algiers (Version ‘O’) sells for US$179.3 million at Christies in New York
2018 – Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself
Historical Events for 10th May 2024
1559 – Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen mother Mary
1775 – American Revolution: Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga, New York
1913 – Yanks commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
1932 – Government declares “Wilhelmus” as the Netherlands’ national anthem
1933 – Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
1936 – Manuel Azaña elected the second President of the Spanish Republic
1941 – 66th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown
1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 – 27th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
2021 – NBC says it will not televise the 2022 Golden Globes because of criticism of its lack of diversity
Historical Events for 9th May 2024
1901 – Cleveland’s Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
1914 – J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
1916 – Disastrous wind-blown fire in Ellendale, North Dakota destroys three blocks of businesses, a church, and 21 homes
1945 – Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
1958 – “Vertigo”, American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released
1974 – US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1980 – 35 motorists die when roadway collapses after Liberian freighter ‘Summit Venture’ rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge, during a squall (Tampa Bay, Florida)
1992 – America Cup finals begin in San Diego
1992 – Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 year anniversary of trials
2018 – Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion
Historical Events for 8th May 2024
1885 – Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge in Bristol, England
1942 – German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1946 – Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn
1954 – 1st shot-put throw over 60′ (18.29 m) by American Parry O’Brien, Los Angeles, California
1957 – South Vietnamese President, Ngô Đình Diệm, arrives in the United States on a state visit
1967 – The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental
1970 – Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, “Let It Be”, in conjunction with the film of the same name
1971 – Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” closes at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, after 5 performances
1994 – Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
2022 – US first lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska at a school in Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Historical Events for 7th May 2024
1660 – Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
1756 – Burmese King Alaungphaya sends his Golden Letter on rolled gold to King George II of Great Britain detailing trade proposals
1862 – Much of Enschede, Netherlands, destroyed by fire
1969 – 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
1995 – Revival of Budd Schulberg’s stage drama “On the Waterfront”, adapted from his screenplay for the 1954 film, closes at the Atkinson Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
2002 – A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
2012 – Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth
2015 – British General Elections: Conservative Party win outright majority and David Cameron returns as Prime Minister
2021 – Former police officer and suspected serial killer Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez arrested in Chalchuapa, El Salvador, after a mass grave of 15-40 bodies found at his house
2023 – Syria is readmitted into the influential Arab League, more than ten year after being thrown out for repressing pro-democracy protesters
Historical Events for 6th May 2024
1864 – Battle of Port Walthall Junction, fought in Virginia begins (Battle of Port Walthall Junction), Union victory (US Civil War)
1913 – King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, northern Albania
1916 – Belgian troops march into Kigali, German East Africa
1933 – 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1966 – Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1974 – Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
1974 – Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore, ending his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1974 – Smallest attendance at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium (4,149)
1986 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1991 – Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
Historical Events for 5th May 2024
1640 – English Short Parliament rises
1854 – British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods.
1900 – “The Billboard” began weekly publication
1925 – Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1940 – Norwegian government-in-exile forms in London
1966 – Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Montreal Canadiens earn back-to-back titles; beat Detroit Red Wings, 3-2 in OT for a 4-2 series victory
1987 – Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1994 – North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
2015 – “Traveller” debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)
2021 – A week of mass protests and demonstrations against government tax reform and poverty in Colombia leaves 24 dead