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7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20

The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of ...

6th May 1937: The Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey

On the 6th May 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg experienced a mid-air explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey and was engulfed in flames in just 32 ...

5th May 1912: Russian Communist newspaper Pravda first published

Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first ...

4th May 1932: Al Capone imprisoned for income tax evasion

On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal ...

3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian doctor, wrote the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, which inspired the symbol of the poppy to commemorate members of the military killed in ...

2nd May 1952: World’s first passenger jet plane takes off from London

On 2nd May 1952, the world’s first passenger jet aircraft took off to carry 36 passengers from London to ...

1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

The Covenant of Perfectibility, the forerunner of the original Bavarian Illuminati, was founded by Adam Weishaupt in ...

30th April 1803: America doubles in size having concluded the Louisiana Purchase

France agreed to sell 828,000 square miles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and which doubled the size of the United ...

29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

Sir Francis Drake entered the Bay of Cádiz and attacked the Spanish naval fleet in an event known as ‘Singeing the King of Spain's ...

28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium opens with West Ham v Bolton Wanderers

On 28th April 1923, the original Wembley Stadium in London opened with the FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham ...