Anniversaries

27th May 1940 (75 Years)

The start of the Dunkirk Evacuation. One of the most famous British triumphs in WWII.

27th May 1964 (51 Years)

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, dies.

28th May 1840 (175 Years)

Hans Makart, Austrian painter most well known for his influence on Gustav Klimt, was born.

28th May 1972 (43 Years)

Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, died.

29th May 1814 (201 Years)

Empress Josephine de Beauharnais, the 1st wife of Napoleon, died.

29th May 1913 (102 Years)

Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, which provoked a riot.

29th May 1917 (98 Years)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president, is born.

29th May 1917 (98 Years)

John F. Kennedy, 35th US president, is born, in Massachusetts.

29th May 1982 (33 Years)

Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress and singer, died.

30th May 1593 (422 Years)

Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright, died.

30th May 1640 (375 Years)

The Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul Rubens, died.

30th May 1859 (156 Years)

Big Ben rung for the first time in London.

30th May 1879 (136 Years)

Vanessa Bell was born.

30th May 1925 (90 Years)

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

31st May 1549 (466 Years)

Tintoretto died.

31st May 1819 (196 Years)

Walter "Walt" Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist, was born.

31st May 1837 (178 Years)

Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, dies.

31st May 1889 (126 Years)

The Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, USA. The South Fork Dam failed after days of rain.

31st May 1930 (85 Years)

Clint Eastwood, American actor and filmmaker, was born.

31st May 1985 (30 Years)

The Football Association, supported by Margaret Thatcher, bans English clubs from playing in Europe following the Heysel stadium tragedy.

1st June 1265 (750 Years)

The Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri, was born. 755 years.

1st June 1495 (520 Years)

First record of Scotch whisky being commissioned from Friar John Cor.

1st June 1841 (174 Years)

Sir David Wilkie, Scottish genre and portrait painter and draftsman known for his anecdotal style, is born.

1st June 1868 (147 Years)

James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States, died. 150 years

1st June 1926 (89 Years)

Marilyn Monroe, American actress, model, and singer, is born.

1st June 1936 (79 Years)

Gerald Scarfe, English cartoonist and illustrator who works for The Sunday Times and The New Yorker, is born.

1st June 1943 (72 Years)

Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer, died.

1st June 1958 (57 Years)

Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.

The Summer of Love (48 Years)

100,000 people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood Haight-Ashbury.

The Question (1967) (48 Years)

Halas and Batchelor's The Question (about Love being the reason for living) was released.

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