27th May 1199: Coronation of King John in Westminster Abbey
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster ...
27 Maj 20220s
26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published
Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with ...
26 Maj 20220s
25th May 1961: Kennedy announces plan for manned moon landing
On the 25th May 1961, American President John F. Kennedy made the announcement to a joint session of Congress that he had set his sights on a manned moon landing before the end of the ...
25 Maj 20220s
24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz
Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel Of Death’, was transferred to begin work at Auschwitz concentration ...
24 Maj 20220s
23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary
In a secret agreement signed on 26 April in London, Italy agreed to leave the Triple Alliance, join the forces of the Triple Entente, and declare war on Austria-Hungary and ...
23 Maj 20220s
22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent
Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a ...
22 Maj 20220s
21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman
The very first non-stop transatlantic flight had occurred in 1919 when John Alcock and Arthur Whiten Brown flew a modified Vickers Vimy bomber aircraft from Newfoundland to Ireland in just under 16 ...
21 Maj 20220s
20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple ...
20 Maj 20220s
