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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 3, 2024 14:14:08 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 3, 2024 14:14:08 GMT

ToDay : May 3rd

= EVENTS =
1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_de_Mayo_Uprising

1921 – Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland

1951 – London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall

1963 – The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign#Fire_hoses_and_police_dogs

1979 – Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election.[9] The following day, she becomes the first female British Prime Minister.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

= BIRTHS =
1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher ( The Prince)(d. 1527)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli

1874 – François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty (d. 1934)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coty

1898 – Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir

1902 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kastler

1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby

1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger

1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown

1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Moustaki

= DEATHS =
1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier and memoirist (b. 1607)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_de_Rouvroy,_duc_de_Saint-Simon

1925 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Ader

1987 – Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalida

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 4, 2024 13:46:20 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 4, 2024 13:46:20 GMT

ToDay : May 4th

= EVENTS =
1886 – Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize;

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea

1961 – American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_rights_movement

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders

=BIRTHS =
1852 – Alice Liddell, English model for Lewis Carol(d. 1934)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell

1928 – Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt (d. 2020)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak

1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn

1940 – Robin Cook, American physician and author

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook_(American_novelist)

1958 – Keith Haring, American painter (d. 1990)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Haring

=DEATHS =
1980 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 5, 2024 14:42:17 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 5, 2024 14:42:17 GMT

ToDay :May 5th

=EVENTS =
1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first^{time since 1614.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates-General_of_1789

1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile}on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena

1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall

1961 – Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard

1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands

2023 – The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.[13]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic

= BIRTHS =
1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard

1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)[16]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A9nie_de_Montijo

1882 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (d. 1960)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Pankhurst

=DEATHS =
1821 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)[see above]
1981: Bobby Sands [see above]

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 5, 2024 15:48:30 GMT

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Post by LLCC on May 5, 2024 15:48:30 GMT

Some interesting people to read about in your list that caught my eye. Last year we went to visit Karl Marx tomb in Highgate cemetry. If you get the chance to go then please do. Preferably at this time of year which is when we went as it is so beautiful with wild flowers. The history of the cemetry is very interesting with lots of people of fame. Alexander Litvinenko is there too. I picked one bluebell and put it in his vase.
Off to read about some of the others now.

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 5, 2024 18:29:45 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 5, 2024 18:29:45 GMT

Thanks, LLCC.
I've never visited Highgate Cemetry, but i know a lot of celebrities are buried there.
In Paris, Cimetière du Père Lachaise , there are so many famous people buried that guided tours have been organized !

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 6, 2024 16:26:03 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 6, 2024 16:26:03 GMT

ToDay : May 6th

=EVENTS =
1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles

1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1889)

1910 – George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII

1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath

1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Princess_Margaret_and_Antony_Armstrong-Jones

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Armstrong-Jones,_1st_Earl_of_Snowdon

1994 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

2023 – The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.[11]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla

= BIRTHS =
1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French politician (d. 1794)[
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre

1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

1868 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux

1902 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Oph%C3%BCls

1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair

1961 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney

2019 – Prince Archie of Sussex

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Archie_of_Sussex

= DEATHS =
1859 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt

1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

1910 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)[See above]

1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck

1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori

1992 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 6, 2024 18:42:59 GMT

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Post by moi on May 6, 2024 18:42:59 GMT

Lots of interesting items today ...........

Louis XIV and Versailles . A pretentious & stupid woman I used to work with went to Versailles but called in Ver-Sales thinking she was impressing everyone .

John Steinbeck .Great American author .Never read any of his books but saw the movie of THE GRAPES OF WRATH about the depression .

Princes Margaret & Anthony Armstrong Jones. They looked wild , prince Andrew carries on the tradition and Meaghen Markle looks capable of anything

Henry David Thoreau .Had some great quotes , they pop up all the time on Facebook .

Sigmund Freud. Smart guy and I see a coke addict .Complicated guy ! His ideas have affected human kind almost as much as religion .

Orson Welles. In one of my favorite movies THE THIRD MAN .Never saw his CITIZEN KANE .

George Clooney .Every American yuppy woman' s dream !

Marlene Dietrich .Was she for real ? Looks so made up like a regular actress playing a European diva.

Last Edit: May 7, 2024 3:24:46 GMT by moi

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 7, 2024 14:35:41 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 7, 2024 14:35:41 GMT

moi, shall I say Marlène Dietrich was about as real as Arielle Dombasle is ?

orge Cloney : who else !
George Clooney : who else ?
Even if you've not read the novel "Grape of Wrath" movie is a 1st class adaptation.
"the Third Man" is one of my favourite movies, too. And, if you can, watch Orson Welles playing Shakespeare ( Othello, Macbeth, Falstaff)
And, again, thanks for your feedback)

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 7, 2024 17:27:36 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 7, 2024 17:27:36 GMT

ToDay : May 7th

= EVENTS =
1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans

1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania

1945 – World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender

1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe

1954 – Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu

2000 – Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

= BIRTHS =
1748 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright,philosopher and activist(d. 1793)[25]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympe_de_Gouges

1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (d. 1889)[27]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning

1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)[28]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper

1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n

= DEATHS =
2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks,_Jr.

2011 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seve_Ballesteros

2023 : Grace Bumbry, American opera singer (b. 1937)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Bumbry

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 7, 2024 20:17:31 GMT

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Post by moi on May 7, 2024 20:17:31 GMT

Old news. Back in my bartender days had THE THIRD MAN on the bar's tv .Some US army officers were so impressed by Trevor Howard as Major Calloway they toasted him and agreed the British army should give him a pension for making it look so good.

Dietrich & Dombasle really can be too over the top. Did Love Dietrich's movie SHAGHAI EXPRESS , bad girls triumph !

Founding of New Orleans .Maybe the most unique city in the USA . You can feel that you are not in the USA but somewhere else. The French Quarter part is as French like as anything I saw in Quebec A magnet for dissatisfied people like California & Florida .Very hot & humid in the summer ,like Manila t2336

Rise of Putin . Tragic for Russia & Ukraine .

Eva Peron .My associates call me that behind my back

I saw her in a book about bad girls who went to the top , there she was a actress , carnival performer, prostitute but ended up running Argentina .As I recall other women mentioned were Mao Zedong's last wife who had a similar background and Pamela Harriman who went from prostitute or swinger to becoming part of the upper crust in the UK then USA .She saw sex addict Bill Clinton as a son , no surprise

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. .He stole the great movie THE PRISONER OF ZENDA t2041

Although the bad guy he was so good at the end when he escaped everyone in the second run theatre where we saw it applauded

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 8, 2024 16:29:28 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 8, 2024 16:29:28 GMT

ToDay : May 8th

=EVENTS =
1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Orl%C3%A9ans

1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pemberton

1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e

1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coli

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Bird

1945 – World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender

= BIRTHS =
1884 – Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

1902 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)[23]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Michel_Lwoff

1903 – Fernandel, French actor and singer (d. 1971)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernandel

1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini

= DEATHS =
1794 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier

1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert

1903:Paul Gauguin, French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer (b. 1903)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 9, 2024 15:13:41 GMT

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Post by moi on May 9, 2024 15:13:41 GMT

Harry Truman .One of my heroes. Like me always underestimated m0786

Truman however surprised everyone to their shock & awe

President Roosevelt 's saw him as hick from backward Missouri however he soon made it obvious he was the boss. His secretary of stae thought he could push Truman aside and be the Democratic nominee in 1948 but was fired. The Republicans thought they wud win the 1948 election but it was Truman who won . Stalin wanted Western Europe thinking Truman wudn't know what to do however there was Truman with NATO & the Marshall Plan .General Mac Arthur who was as arrogant as they come tried to start World War Three but with no warning Truman fired him .Southern Democrats opposed to black people voting were blown away when Truman came out for civil rights & desegregated the military t2041

Paul Gauguin .Great artist . Those impressionist painters gave the world some great art that never gets old.

Gustave Flaubert . The ex loved his MADAME BOVERY .

The Martinique volcano .Anyone I 've talked to who has been there loved Martinique ( no mention of the volcano ) but it is very expensive to get to.

Last Edit: May 9, 2024 18:01:06 GMT by moi

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 9, 2024 16:14:31 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 9, 2024 16:14:31 GMT

ToDay :May 9th

= EVENTS =
1877 – Declaration of Independence of Romania.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire

1950 – Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schuman

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuman_Declaration

1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestranol/noretynodrel

=BIRTHS =
1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard_Monge

1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (Peter Pan)(d. 1937)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie

1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (d. 2005)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Maria_Giulini

1936 – Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney

1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (d. 2023)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenda_Jackson

1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9_P%C3%A9rec

=DEATHS =
1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller

1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Louis_Gay-Lussac

1978 – Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy ( assassinated) (b. 1916)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Moro

1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay

1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Ferreri

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death May 10, 2024 14:41:20 GMT

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Post by shaliby on May 10, 2024 14:41:20 GMT

ToDay : May 10th

= EVENTS =
1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.[11]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette

1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.[16]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery

1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day

1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings

1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.[38]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess

1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder

1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

2022 – Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.[
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_State_Opening_of_Parliament

= BIRTHS =
1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician (d. 1781
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Robert-Jacques_Turgot,_Baron_de_Laune

1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel

1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Stresemann

1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)[120]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Scola

1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan

1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (d. 1979)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious

= DEATHS =
1774 – Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France

1818 – Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)[210]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

1849 – Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai

1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Crawford

2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Robert

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