11th May 868: The world’s earliest dated printed book created in China
The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in ...
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21st May 1972: Laszlo Toth attacks and seriously damages Michelangelo’s Pietà statue
Hungarian-born geologist Laszlo Toth attacked and seriously damaged Michelangelo’s Pietà statue...
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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the Battle of St Albans
The 22nd May 1455 marked the start of the Wars of the Roses, when the First Battle of St Albans...
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23rd May 1618: Officials thrown from a window in the Second Defenestration of Prague
Two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary were thrown out of the window of the Bohemian...
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25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas
The first instalment of the Star Wars film series was released in cinemas in the United States of...
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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published
On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first ...
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27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
In 1703 Peter’s forces captured Swedish possessions at the mouth of the Neva river, and it was...
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28th May 1987: West German amateur pilot lands a plane near Red Square
On the 28th May 1987, an eighteen year-old amateur pilot from Hamburg in West Germany illegally...
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29th May 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount ...
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30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed by burning at the stake
On the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was executed by being burned at the ...
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31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised...
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1st June 1967: The Beatles release Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th...
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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’
Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling,...
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3rd June 1989: Start of the Tiananmen Square massacre
On the evening of the 3rd June 1989, the People’s Liberation Army began firing on protesters...
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4th June 1920: Treaty of Trianon signed with Hungary after the First World War
The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World ...
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5th June 1967: Start of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War
On the 5th June 1967, Israel launched a series of pre-emptive strikes against the Egyptian air...
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6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin
Alexis St. Martin, who had been shot in the stomach, was first treated by US Army surgeon William...
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7th June 1628: Petition of Right ratified by King Charles I
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles ...
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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria
Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that...
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9th June 1815: The ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna signed
The ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna was signed on the 9th June 1815, nine days before...
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