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1 May 1851
Crowds gather for the opening of Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London.
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2 May 1953
Stanley Matthews the Blackpool outside right, demonstrates his wizardly skill during the FA Cup Final vs Bolton Wanderers .
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3 May 1962
Judy Garland is pictured with Dirk Bogarde at a reception in London for the new United Artists production 'The Lonely Stage' in which both will star.
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4 May 1471
Battle of Tewksbury - The murder of Prince Edward after his capture by King Edward IV
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5 May 1980
Iranian Embassy Siege - British hostages appear on the balcony of the Embassy at Princes Gate , Kensington during the final stages of the six day siege.
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6 May 1937
The Hindenburg bursts into flames as it lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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7 May 1915
The civilian liner, Lusitania, is torpedoed by a German submarine with the loss of 1,200 lives.
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8 May 1945
Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives his famous V for Victory sign to a crowd of 50,000 on VE day from the balcony of the Ministry of Health, London.
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9 May 1959
For the second year running, the Wigan Rugby League Captain, Eric Ashton, receives the Challenge Cup on behalf of his winning team.
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10 May 1941
The wrecked plane of Rudolph Hess after he crashed in Scotland fleeing from Germany.
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11 May 1968
Overturned cars used as barricades by rioting students in Gay-Lussac Street, Paris.
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12 May 1971
The Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger, marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias at the town hall in the French Mediterranean town of St Tropez.
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13 May 1854
HMS 'Royal Albert' launched at Woolwich Dockyard by Queen Victoria.
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14 May 1948
Ben Gurion proclaiming the new Jewish State of Israel in Tel Aviv.
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15 May 1969
London:
Sister Patricia Veal, leader of the Campaign for better pay and conditions for nurses, brandishes a broom and a clenched fist during a protest demonstration outside the Royal College of Nursing in London.
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16 May 1871
The Vendome Column after it had been pulled down during the Paris Commune.
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17 May 1933
Diego Rivera and his wife, Frida Kahlo at their New York home, after Rivera was dismissed by John D. Rockerfeller for communist leanings.
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18 May 1960
Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers during a tour of London.
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19 May 1643
Duc d'Enghien leading French victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Rocroi (Rocroy) during the Thirty Years War.
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20 May 1995
Diana, Princess of Wales inspects the troops of the Second Battalion of the Princess of Wales' regiment at the presentation of colours at Hower Barracks, Canterbury, Kent.
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21 May 1977
The Loch Ness Monster photographed by Anthony Shiels from Urquhart Castle, Scotland,
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22 May 1971
Fifty members of the Irish Womens Liberation Movement go to Belfast to purchase as many contraceptives as they could and return to Dublin, Ireland, declaring their purchases to the customs where laws banned the importation of contraceptives and literature pertaining to birth control. |
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23 May 1908
Lev Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana. A very early example of colour photography in Russia by Yevgeny Kassin.
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24 May 1590
Procession of the (Catholic) League, Paris, France.
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25 May 1935
Jesse Owens made history at the Western Conference Meeting at Ann Arbor, Michigan when he broke three world athletic records in one day - Long Jump, 220 yards hurdles and 220 yards sprint.
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26 May 1879
Yakub (Yakoob) Khan, Afghan ruler, and Major Louis Cavagnari, the British negotiator, signing the Treaty of Gundamuk. Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880).
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27 May 1937
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA, the longest suspension bridge in the world is opened.
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28 May 1937
Neville Chamberlain returning to Downing Street after he accepted the office of Premier.
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29 May 1962
Former Nazi SS Officer Adolph Eichmann stands in his glass cage in the Israeli Supreme Court as the court's president, Justice Shimon Agranat announces that his appeal against the death sentence will not be upheld. |
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30 May 1431
Joan of Arc also known as St Jeanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans, was tried for heresy and sorcery, burnt at the stake in the market place at Rouen,
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31 May 1902
End of the Boer War - proclaimed by the Lord Mayor of London.
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