363 Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city 757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) submits himself to Pope Innocentius II 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel Battle at Legnano 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombard League beats Frederick I Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa 1233 Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a siege of more than a year 1328 French King Philip VI of Valois crowned at the Cathedral in Reims, France 1415 Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] formally deposed as Pope at the Conference of Constance, Germany, after he had fled the town in disguise Fall of Constantinople 1453 Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Turks under Mehmed II ; ends the Byzantine Empire Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror 1453 French banker Jacques Coeur's possessions confiscated 1576 Spanish army under Cristobal de Mondragon conquers Zierik sea 1592 Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship History of New England 1630 John Winthrop begins "History of New England" Founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop Charles I Tries to Escape 1648 King Charles I of England attempts to escape captivity at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, for second time by hacksawing through a barred window but caught in the act [1] King of England Charles I Battle of Goodwin Sands 1652 Battle of Goodwin Sands, off Folkestone, Kent: English 'General at Sea' Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp Admiral Maarten Tromp Return of Charles II 1660 On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end King of England Charles II 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and local Native Americans 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1692 Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder's Day first celebrated in London 1700 First mastectomy performed in North America at Hotel-Dieu de Quebec by royal doctor Michel Sarrazin on Sister Marie Barbier de l’Assomption (operation is successful) [1] 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1727 Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia aged 11 1733 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld in Quebec City The Limping Devil 1753 Joseph Haydn 's first opera "Krumme Teufel" (The Limping Devil) premieres in Vienna Composer Joseph Haydn Treason! 1765 Patrick Henry 's historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" American Revolutionary and Founding Father Patrick Henry 1780 Battle of Waxhaw Creek: alleged massacre of 113 of Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's troops after the continentals raised a white flag Virginia Plan 1787 "Virginia Plan" by James Madison and Edmund Randolph proposed to the Constitutional Convention advocating for a national government with three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial [1] 4th US President James Madison US Attorney General and US Secretary of State Edmund Randolph Constitution of the United States 1790 Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying US Constitution Page one of the original copy of the Constitution of the United States 1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th US state 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." 1st Black Women's Rights Convention 1851 Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate Sojourner Truth Paddington Station Opens 1854 Paddington Station, London's terminus for the Great Western Railway opens, with a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel [1] Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel Dorothea Dix 1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for the Union Army Nurse and Social Activist Dorothea Dix 1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz 1868 Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect 1884 Europe's first steam cable trams start in Highgate, London Pemberton Advertises Coca-Cola 1886 American pharmacist John Pemberton begins to advertise his patent medicine - Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia Pharmacist and Inventor of Coca-Cola John Pemberton 1889 August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna" premieres in Copenhagen 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co. Manru 1901 Ignacy Jan Paderewski 's opera "Manru" has its world premiere in Dresden, Germany Pianist, Composer and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1902 Dutch State Mine law forms 1903 May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization 1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk, Lithuania 1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run for Philadelphia Athletics 1910 Pope Pius X's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers 1912 15 young women are fired by Curtis Publishing in Philadelphia for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1912 Ballets Russes premieres their ballet L'apres-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) in Paris, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky The Rite of Spring 1913 Igor Stravinsky 's avant-garde ballet score "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring) for the Ballets Russes premieres at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, provoking a riot Composer Igor Stravinsky 1914 Norwegian ship Storstad collides with Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die 1916 NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game 1916 Official flag of President of the United States adopted 1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 Eddington Confirms Theory of Relativity 1919 Albert Einstein 's Theory of Relativity, that when light passes a large body, gravity will bend the rays confirmed by Arthur Eddington's expedition to photograph a solar eclipse on the island of Principe, West Africa Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein Pop-up Toaster 1919 Charles Strite files patent for the automatic pop-up toaster Inventor Charles Strite 1919 The Republic of Prekmurje founded - a short-lived, unrecognised state, which on June 6, 1919 was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929) 1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1924 AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks 1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 1932 The Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, D.C. to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945 1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd 1935 Hague local museum opens 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) 1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of The Hague, Netherlands 1940 In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 "Yankee Doodle Dandy", based on life of George M. Cohan , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Joan Lesley, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Actor 1943) Actor James Cagney Composer, Actor and Singer George M. Cohan White Christmas 1942 Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin 's song "White Christmas", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers, in just 18 minutes; becomes world's best-selling single (estimated 100 million copies sold) Singer and Actor Bing Crosby Composer and Lyricist Irving Berlin Algiers Allied Planning Conference 1943 Algiers Allied Planning Conference between Winston Churchill , George Marshall and General Dwight D. Eisenhower finalizes the plan for the Italian Campaign 34th US President and WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower British Prime Minister Winston Churchill 1943 Meat and cheese rationed in US 1944 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy 1945 US 1st Marine division conquers Shuri Castle, Okinawa 1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands 1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy show, moves to NBC Carter Family Debut 1950 The Carter Family debut on the Grand Ole Opry with Chet Atkins Country Singer Maybelle Carter 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair 1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends 1953 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire (to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ) Mount Everest Conquered 1953 Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition Tenzing Norgay brandishes his ice axe on the summit of Mount Everest 1954 British runner Diane Leather becomes first woman to run the mile in under 5 minutes; 4:59.6 at Alexander Sports Ground in Birmingham, England 1954 First of the annual Bilderberg conferences, fostering relations between Europe and North America held at Oosterbeek, Netherlands Event of Interest 1954 Pope Pius XII issues holy declaration 260th Pope Pius XII 1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns Music History 1956 Arnold Schoenberg 's "Modern Psalm" premieres Composer and Painter Arnold Schoenberg 1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators 1957 Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns 1957 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast Event of Interest 1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French government French President Charles de Gaulle 1959 Saunders-Roe SR.N1, the first practical hovercraft, performs its first engine run #1 in the Charts 1960 Everly Brothers single "Cathy's Clown" hits #1 Singer Phil Everly A Raisin in the Sun 1961 "A Raisin in the Sun", film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's stage play, starring the Broadway cast including Sidney Poitier , Ruby Dee, John Fiedler, and Ivan Dixon premieres Actor and Director Sidney Poitier 1962 4th Grammy Awards: "Moon River", Peter Nero win TV Show Appearance 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show" Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand World Record 1965 American long jumper Ralph Boston sets then world record 27' 4 3/4" (8.35m) at Modesto, California Long Jumper Ralph Boston 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium 1967 Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 Music History 1967 Elvis and Priscilla Presley hold a wedding reception at Graceland for friends and family not at the original ceremony Businesswoman and Actress Priscilla Presley Singer and Cultural Icon Elvis Presley 1968 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia 1968 US Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1969 Atlantic Records releases the eponymous debut album of "Crosby, Stills & Nash"; it contains hits 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1969 General strike in Cordoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest 1970 USSR performs underground nuclear test 1971 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61 1972 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Southern Pines CC: Sandra Palmer wins first of 2 majors by a massive 10 strokes from Judy Rankin and Mickey Wright 1972 The Official IRA announce a ceasefire 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st African American mayor of Los Angeles, California 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster Music History 1976 Car tune "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29 Country Singer Johnny Cash 1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil 1977 Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney 1977 NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio 1977 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1978 US 1st class postage rises to 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) 1978 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1979 CBS premiere of Melissa Anderson's modern "Survival of Dana", her first "bad girl" role, in which Anderson's title character leaves her North Dakota town for Los Angeles after her parents' divorce 1979 Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres 1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate 1980 Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League president Event of Interest 1980 JMW Turner 's "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC Romantic Painter J. M. W. Turner Sports History 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year NBA Legend Larry Bird NBA Legend Magic Johnson 1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62 1982 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war 1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m Sports History 1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 ( Ted Williams ) & #4 ( Joe Cronin ) Baseball Player Ted Williams Baseball Player and Manager Joe Cronin 1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months 1986 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia 1987 British pop singer Freddie Mercury and Spanish opera diva Montserrat Caballe debut their song "Barcelona" at the Ibiza Fest 1987 Jury finds "Twilight Zone: The Movie" director John Landis innocent of involuntary manslaughter in death of actor Vic Morrow and 2 child actors during filming Music History 1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains King of Pop Michael Jackson 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season 1988 Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq dismisses government and disbands parliament Sports History 1989 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39 MLB Third Baseman Mike Schmidt Goddess of Democracy 1989 Student pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty, naming it the Goddess of Democracy Hundreds of thousands of Chinese protest around a 10-meter replica of the Statue of Liberty they called the Goddess of Democracy 1990 An earthquake hits Peru, killing over 200 Election of Interest 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic Russian President Boris Yeltsin 1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49 1990 MLB New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson as his replacement Baseball Record 1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb 's record MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson MLB Legend Ty Cobb 1992 NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games Sports History 1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base MLB Outfielder Tim Raines 1993 Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany Sports History 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm MLB Player Jose Canseco 1994 Great iceball comet seen above North Sea 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election Event of Interest 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands Astronaut Marc Garneau 1997 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym 1997 Jesse Timmedequas found guilty of rape and murder of Megan Kanka, 7 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. 2001 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated. 2001 Natural gas futures plunge 6% to a 10-month low on speculation that growing US inventories will help power plants meet summer demand for air-conditioning 2001 U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments 2004 The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22 2004 The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. 2005 France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution Music Concert 2006 Singer David Bowie joins guitarist David Gilmour as special guest during encore at Royal Albert Hall, London concert; they perform "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" in what becomes Bowie's final UK appearance Singer-Songwriter David Bowie Singer-Songwriter and Producer David Gilmour 1Q84 Published 2009 "1Q84" books 1 and 2 by Haruki Murakami is first published in Japan, sells out the first day (book 3 published 2010) Writer Haruki Murakami 2010 In an all South African Super 14 Rugby final, the Bulls (Pretoria) retain title, 25-17 over the Stormers (Cape Town) at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto; Morne Steyn kicks 6 penalties and a conversion for the Bulls 2010 Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay becomes 20th pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Florida Marlins), in Miami 2010 Super Rugby Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto: Bulls (Pretoria) successfully defend their title with a 25-17 win over the Stormers (Cape Town) in an all-South African final Event of Interest 2011 Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism started by Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam Activist and Politician Joshua Wong 2012 A 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 24 people near Bologna, northern Italy 2012 Facebook's problematic public listing could cost those involved $115 million from technical glitches 2012 Indonesian police make the biggest drug bust in ten years after seizing over a million ecstasy pills valued at $45 million 2012 Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear Event of Interest 2014 President Obama approves US military training of 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups Dictator and President of Syria Bashar al-Assad 44th US President Barack Obama Jurassic World 2015 "Jurassic World", directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard premieres in Paris Actor Chris Pratt 2015 Heat wave in India centered in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states is reported to have killed 1800 people in a week Event of Interest 2015 Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as the President of Nigeria President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari Election of Interest 2015 Sepp Blatter is controversially elected to a fifth term as President of FIFA despite bribery scandals; resigns 5 days later President of FIFA Sepp Blatter Sports History 2017 Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida Golfer Tiger Woods 2017 Violent storm and high winds in Moscow, Russia leaves 13 dead Film & TV History 2018 ABC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet Comedienne and Actress Roseanne Barr 2018 Death toll on Puerto Rico 70 times higher than official figure, likely 4,600 died from Hurricane Maria according to Harvard University study 2018 Heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit 2018 Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns over an extramarital affair and illegal use of a donor list 2018 Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot 2018 Starbucks closes more than 8,000 US stores early for racial bias training after two black men wrongly arrested in a store in April 2019 16 people charged for setting fire to and murdering a teenager who reported sexual harassment at an Islamic school in Feni, Bangladesh Event of Interest 2019 British politician Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over claims he lied to the public during Britain's Brexit campaign British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Election of Interest 2019 Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu 2019 Tourist boat sinks after colliding with another boat on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, killing 28 people 2019 Transgender no longer classified as a mental health illness by the World Health Organization Event of Interest 2019 US Special Counsel Robert Mueller says charging President Donald Trump with a crime was never an option as no legal means to charge a sitting president; and that his report does not exonerate the president 45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump 2019 World's smallest surviving baby, a girl, discharged from Sharp March Birch Hospital in San Diego after being born at 23 weeks weighing 8.6 ounces (245 grams) 2022 At least 79 people reported killed in heavy rains and landslides in the Brazilian northeastern province of Pernambuco, with 56 more missing [1] 2022 Jai Hindley becomes only the second Australian cyclist to win a Grand Tour with a 1' 18" victory over 2019 champion Richard Carapaz in the Giro d'Italia 2022 Man disguised as an elderly disabled woman throws cake at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, painting undamaged [1] Event of Interest 2022 US President Joe Biden visits site of Uvalde school massacre in Texas, as Justice Department announces a review into how law enforcement responded [1] 46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden 2023 Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious [1] 28 May Historical Events Calendar May 30 May in History Ship that Changed the Face of Britain May 27, 1948 All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread May 28, 1990 A Modern Major-General of Light Entertainment May 29, 1911 Voltaire: Writer, Wit, Philosopher and Rebel May 30, 1778
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