Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 18: 1583 – The first Leiden University, the oldest in the Netherlands, is founded.1671 – King Charles II and the French ambassador sign a treaty by which England acquires the islands of Tobago and Grenada.1778 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Monmouth: … Read more
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 14: 1777: The Second Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States, a symbol that would go on to represent the nation worldwide and become an iconic emblem. 1801: Martha Washington hosts the first Quadrille Ball … Read more
Major events that occurred on June 4 include the first successful hot-air balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, the presentation of the first Pulitzer Prizes in the US in 1917, the passing of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women’s suffrage in 1919, the capture of the German U-boat U-505 during WWII in 1942, the introduction of the modern shopping cart in Oklahoma City in 1970, the release of Bruce Springsteen’s album “Born in the U.S.A.” in 1984, the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests in China in 1989, and the successful maiden voyage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2010.
German cartographer Martin Behaim unveiled the Erdapfel, the first known globe to show the Americas.
On May 31, major events included the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902, which ended the Boer War in South Africa. In 2008, Usain Bolt set a new world record in the men’s 100 meters race in New York.
On May 29, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
– In 1940, Belgium’s King Leopold surrendered to the invading Germans in World War Two, and the evacuation of defeated Allied armies from Dunkirk began, saving a total of 224,585 British and 112,546 French and Belgian troops.
On May 23, 1934, notorious American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a shootout with police.
On May 21, major events included the establishment of FIFA in 1904, Charles Lindbergh becoming the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, and Amelia Earhart becoming the first woman to do the same in 1932. Sirhan B. Sirhan was sentenced to death for the murder of Robert Kennedy in 1969, later commuted to life imprisonment. In 1972, Michaelangelo’s Pieta statue was smashed in Rome, and in 1989, one million people in Hong Kong demonstrated in support of rebellious students in Beijing. Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a bomb in 1991, and in 1996, a Tanzanian ferry capsized on Lake Victoria. An earthquake in Algeria in 2003 killed thousands, while in 2004, Chris Cairns set a world record for test match sixes. The Republic of Montenegro held a referendum for independence from Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.
On May 17, 1900, a small British cavalry force relieved the garrison at Mafeking after a 217-day siege by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers.