Henry Ford finishes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile. At approximately 4:00 a.m. on June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on…
3 June 1539
Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. In 1537 de Soto appealed to the King of Spain to be granted control of the New World…
2 June 2012
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. On 24…
1 June 1533
Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. On 1st June 1533, Whitsun, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey by…
31 May 1977
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed in 1977, and carried North Slope oil from Prudhoe Bay at the northern…
30 May 1635
The Peace of Prague is signed. The Peace of Prague was a peace treaty signed on 30 May 1635 by the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II…
29 May 1848
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th USA state. May 29, 1848 – Wisconsin Became the 30th State Admitted to the Union. The state of Wisconsin,…
28 May 1977
The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky,…
27 May 1883
Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. On 1 March 1881 Alexander’s father, Alexander II, was assassinated by members of the terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya….
26 May 1896
Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or simply the Dow, is a stock market…