First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109′]
28 May 1937
Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen’]
27 May 1933
The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_the_Big_Bad_Wolf%3F’]
26 May 1967
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band’]
25 May 1977
Star Wars is released in theaters. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)’]
24 May 1218
The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Crusade’]
23 May 1951
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Point_Agreement’]
22 May 2015
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Irish_constitutional_referendums’]
21 May 1936
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover’s severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes…
20 May 1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss’]