May 17th, 1954In Washington, the US Supreme Court strikes down racially segregated public schools as separate and unequal. The courts ruling in Brownversus Board of Education of Topeka, fuels Americas civil rights movement and eventual end of illegal
May 2nd, 1945The end is near for World War II in Europe, the Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital Berlin, and the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Re
May 3rd, 1469: Niccolo Machiavelli, the philosopher who gave new meaning to what's now known as the political hardball, is born in Florence, Italy. 1948: The U.S. Supreme Court rules covenants barring the sale of real estate to blacks or members of
May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes Americas first space travelerblasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3, 2, 1, 0, ignition. Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821Frances former ruler Napol
May 10th,1869A Promontory Utah, a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first trans-continental railroad in United States. 1933Months after taking power in Germany, the Nazi stage massive public burnings of books considered to have u
May 13th,1981Somebody said, its the Pope, hes shot,you know we just shocked, it was just unbelievable.At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square. The-pontiff recovers and a few years late
May 16th,1868In Washington, the US Senate fails by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson on the first article of impeachment against him. Johnson is eventually acquitted on all charges prompted by his clashes with the post Civil War Congress a
May 18th,1980Its erupting like it never has before, I am sure. Cause from where Im standing, I cant see the top of the mountain, but I see the whole eruption coming from it, its big.In Washington state, Mount St. Helens explodes, blasting away the to
May 19th, 1962To you, happy birthday Mr. President.Actress Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of Happy Birthday for President John F. Kennedy. It happens during a Democratic Party fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden while Kennedy
May 23rd, 1945In Germany, top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in Allied custody, weeks after the Third Reich's fall in World War Two. As head of Nazi police forces, Himmler oversaw the killing of millions of Jews in the holocaust and c
May 26th, 1940During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France. They escape Nazi Germany's advancing forces, making their way across the English Channel to Britain. 1868In Washington, President A
May 27th, 1937The newly completed Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California. For the bridges first day, only pedestrians were allowed onto the span. Louis Riogiado helped build the famous suspension
May 28th,1934A medical miracle that later turns tragic in Ontario, Canada where the Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontarios provincial government deems the girls parents to be unfit and puts the quints in a specially-built hospital. Thats where the ide
May 31st, 1889In one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 2200 people and destroys more than 1600 homes. 1962In Israel, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann is
May 7th,1915During World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into joini
June 1st,1967We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we hope you will enjoy the show The Beatles release whats considered one of rocks greatest albums, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, the albums complex and experimental songs make it a
June 2nd, 1997In Denver, a federal jury convicts Timothy McVeigh of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing. MK is the mother of one of the 168 people killed in the blast at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The emotions have been buildin
June 3rd, 1965Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission. 1989Irans spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies in Tehran. Khomeinis rise to power in the Islamic Revolution led to the hostage
June 6th, 1944Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have st
June 7th, 1998In Jasper, Texas, three white men chain a black man James Byrd, Junior to a pickup truck, then drag him to his death. Two of the men who dragged Byrd are later sentenced to death for the crime. The third receives life in prison. 1948The
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