The first Le Mans 24 hours is held. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world’s oldest active sports car race in endurance racing,…
25 May 1977
Star Wars is first released in theaters. On this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George…
24 May 1956
The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland. Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European musicial competition was…
23 May 1995
The first version of the Java programming language is released. On 23 May 1995, John Gage, the director of the Science Office of the Sun…
22 May 1990
North and South Yemen join to create the Republic of Yemen. Although there are no cultural, ethnic and linguistic elements that could divide the North…
21 May 1980
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is released in theaters. The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin…
20 May 1940
The first prisoners arrive at the concentration camp at Auschwitz. The in famous sign “Arbeit macht frei” (work set you free) on the entry gate…
19 May 1743
Jean-Pierre Christin developed the “centigrade” temperature scale. Jean-Pierre Christin a French physicist, mathematician, astronomer and musician improved the Celcius scale thermometer. His proposal to reverse…
18 May 1096
Over 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany. For millennia, the Jewish people have often been scapegoats. From their time as slaves in Egypt to…
17 May 1805
Muhammad Ali becomes W?li of Egypt. Muhammad Ali was an Albanian commander in the Ottoman army, he joined the forces that were sent to Egypt…