A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills….
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14 May 1973
Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab’]
13 May 2012
Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadereyta_Jim%C3%A9nez_massacre’]
12 May 2003
The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings’]
11 May 2013
Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanl?, Turkey. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Reyhanl%C4%B1_car_bombings’]
10 May 1908
Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day’]
9 May 1887
Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opens in London. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill’]
8 May 1886
Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stith_Pemberton’]
7 May 2000
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin’]
6 May 1983
The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries’]