Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show starts in London. A well-known scout for the army and a buffalo hunter for the railroads (which earned him…
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8 May 1912
Paramount Pictures is established. Paramount Pictures Corp. was established in 1914 by W.W. Hodkinson as a film distributor, offering Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Company,…
7 May 1915
A German submarine U-20 sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people. On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat operating off the coast of Ireland fired…
6 May 1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public. The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel) is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ…
5 May 2010
Protests in Greece take place in response to austerity measures imposed by the government. World markets plunge over fears that Greece’s economic crisis will spread…
4 May 1959
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held. On May 4, 1959, many of music’s elite—including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny…
3 May 1952
The CBS network televises the Kentucky Derby for the first time. Thoroughbred Racing on CBS is the de facto title for a series of horse…
2 May 2008
cyclone Nargis makes kills over 138,000 people in Burma. In early May 2008, Burma was struck by Cyclone Nargis, which left over 138,000 dead and…
1 May 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants launches on Nickelodeon. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series…
30 April 1980
The Iranian Embassy siege starts in London. On the 30th April 1980, six armed men entered the Iranian embassy in London. Its inhabitants were taken…