This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 13 1846 U.S. Congress declares war on Mexico On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas. Under the threat of war, the United States had refrained from annexing Texas after the latter won independence from Mexico in 1836. But in 1844,... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Cold War 1958 Vice President Nixon is attacked   Crime 1981 Pope John Paul II shot 1985 Philadelphia police drop bomb on MOVE headquarters, killing 11   European History 1568 Mary Queen of Scots defeated 1940 Churchill announces: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”   Sports 1973 Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court face off in first “Battle of the Sexes”   U.S. Government and Politics 1920 Socialist party nominates “Convict 2253” for president   World War I 1915 Edith Wharton writes of the war’s effect on France 1919 German foreign minister protests Versailles Treaty terms

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 14 1804 Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1991 Two trains crash in Japan, killing more than 40   American Revolution 1787 Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble   Arts & Entertainment 1998 Frank Sinatra dies   Cold War 1955 The Warsaw Pact is formed   Colonial America 1607 Jamestown settlers arrive   Inventions & Science 1796 Early smallpox vaccine is tested   Middle Eastern History 1948 State of Israel proclaimed   Space Exploration 1973 America’s first space station, Skylab, is launched   Sports 1904 First American Olympiad opens in St. Louis, Missouri   U.S. Presidents 1999 President Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 15 1937 Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939.... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2009 GE finally initiates cleanup of polluted Hudson River   American Revolution 1765 Parliament passes the Quartering Act   Arts & Entertainment 1982 “Ebony And Ivory” begins a seven-week run at #1 on the pop charts   Cold War 1988 Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan   Crime 1948 A three-year-old’s brutal murder begins an unusual investigation 1972 Alabama governor George Wallace shot 1976 Young woman and her married lover arrested for killing her family    Inventions & Science 1942 Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect   U.S. Presidents 1800 President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C. 1942 Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force   World War II 1941 First Allied jet-propelled aircraft flies 1942 Legislation creating the Women’s Army Corps becomes law

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 16 1929 First Academy Awards ceremony The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the first Oscars at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1985 Discovery of Ozone Hole announced American Revolution 1769 Virginia’s House of Burgesses criticizes taxation without representation 1777 Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett is fatally wounded in duel Arts & Entertainment 1717 Satirical writer Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille 2014 Pioneering TV journalist Barbara Walters signs off Cold War 1960 U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses after U-2 spy plane shot down European History 1770 French dauphin, Louis, marries Marie Antoinette Sports 1980 Basketball great Magic Johnson plays center as a rookie, wins championship U.S. Presidents 1868 Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charge World War I 1918 U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act 1916 Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement World War II 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 17 1954 Brown v. Board of Ed is decided The U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Ed was a major milestone in the civil rights movement. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1965 The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the “dirty” lyrics of “Louie Louie” 2000 Final episode of “Beverly Hills, 90210” airs 1873 Writer Dorothy Richardson, pioneer of stream of consciousness, is born Asian History 1989 One million protesters take to the streets in Beijing Crime 1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead European History 1756 England declares war on France, officially entering the Seven Year’s War Exploration 1970 Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat LGBTQ+ History 2004 First legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts Native American History 1885 Apache leader Geronimo flees Arizona reservation, setting off panic U.S. Presidents 1973 Televised Watergate hearings begin World War II 1943 The Memphis Belle flies its 25th bombing mission

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 18 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. Called Louwala-Clough, or “the Smoking Mountain,” by Native Americans, Mount St. Helens is located in the Cascade Range and stood 9,680 feet before its […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2012 Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history American Revolution 1783 United Empire Loyalists reach Canada Arts & Entertainment 1980 Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies by suicide 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe Asian History 1974 India joins the nuclear club Civil War 1863 The Siege of Vicksburg commences Crime 1926 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears Native American History 1871 Chief Satanta attacks wagon trains, killing teamsters Religion 1920 Pope John Paul II born U.S. Government and Politics 1896 Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” constitutional in Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency at Republican Convention World War I 1917 U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 19 1935 Lawrence of Arabia dies T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1836 Young Cynthia Anne Parker kidnapped during Native American raid 1970s 1975 New York City’s Chinatown shuts down to protest police brutality 21st Century 2018 Prince Harry weds Meghan Markle African History 2016 EgyptAir flight 804 disappears over the Mediterranean Sea Arts & Entertainment 1897 Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde is released after two years in prison Cold War 1967 Soviets ratify treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space European History 1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, is executed U.S. Presidents 1864 President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of soldiers’ dependents World War II 1943 FDR and Winston Churchill plot D-Day

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 21 1881 American Red Cross founded Humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1539 Black Spanish explorer Estevan is reported killed 1920s 1927 Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight Arts & Entertainment 1999 Soap star Susan Lucci wins first Emmy after 19 nominations Cold War 1956 United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll Colonial America 1758 Lenape tribe abducts Mary Campbell from western Pennsylvania Crime 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder Bobby Franks 1992 “Long Island Lolita” is arrested European History 1683 World’s first university museum opens in Oxford, England Exploration 1542 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto dies in American wilderness Inventions & Science 1997 Avian flu kills young boy 1901 Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Huge earthquake hits Chile U.S. Presidents 2000 Former president James Garfield’s spine put on display for final day Women’s History 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make solo, nonstop transatlantic flight World War I 1911 French troops occupy Fez, sparking second Moroccan Crisis World War II 1940 Nazis begin killing “unfit” people in East Prussia 1942 Thousands of Jews deported from Chelm

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 22 1843 A thousand pioneers head West on the Oregon Trail It was the first major wagon train to the Pacific Northwest. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1781 Patriot siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina begins Arts & Entertainment 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, is born 2004 Controversial documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” wins Palme d’Or prize 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis drops a bombshell in London Civil War 1856 Southern congressman beats Northern senator with a cane in the halls of Congress Crime 1981 Wayne Williams is questioned by police for Atlanta child murders 2002 Chandra Levy’s remains found 2017 Manchester Arena bombed during Ariana Grande concert European History 1455 The War of the Roses begins Middle Eastern History 1990 South Yemen and North Yemen are unified as the Republic of Yemen Slavery 1783 Zong slave ship trial: insurance loss or mass murder? U.S. Presidents 1802 First Lady Martha Washington dies 2004 George W. Bush falls from his bicycle 1972 President Nixon arrives in Moscow for historic summit World War II 1939 The Pact of Steel is signed; the Axis is formed

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 23 1934 Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde Notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2015 Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage American Revolution 1777 Meigs Expedition claims Patriot victory on Long Island Arts & Entertainment 1979 Tom Petty defies his record label and files for bankruptcy 1921 “Shuffle Along,” the first major African American hit musical, premieres on Broadway Black History 1900 William Carney becomes first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor Cold War 1949 Federal Republic of Germany is established Early 20th Century U.S. 1911 New York Public Library dedicated Early U.S. 1785 Benjamin Franklin reveals his design for bifocal glasses European History 1701 Captain Kidd is executed Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Deadly tsunami hits Hawaii World War I 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary World War II 1945 Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler dies by suicide 1941 Lord Mountbatten, cousin to a king, sunk by German dive-bombers

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 24 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens After 14 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opens, connecting the (then-separate) cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1775 John Hancock becomes president of Congress Crime 1989 Lori Ann Auker disappears from a parking lot 2022 21 killed in Uvalde, Texas, school shooting Inventions & Science 1844 Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph with the message, “What hath God wrought?” Sports 1964 Riot erupts at Lima, Peru soccer match, killing hundreds 1935 MLB holds first night game U.S. Presidents 1797 Thomas Jefferson inquires about a former flame World War I 1917 British naval convoy system introduced World War II 1941 German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 25 1787 Constitutional Convention begins Four years after the United States won its independence from Great Britain, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution on May 25, 1787. The Articles of Confederation, ratified several months before the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781, provided for a loose confederation of […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2020 George Floyd is killed by a police officer, igniting historic protests Arts & Entertainment 1977 “Star Wars” opens in theaters Cold War 1977 Chinese government removes ban on Shakespeare Crime 1979 6-year-old Etan Patz—boy on milk carton—goes missing 1895 Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for indecency European History 1660 Charles II returns to England to claim his throne Inventions & Science 1994 Pennsylvania man buried with his beloved Corvette Natural Disasters & Environment 1979 American Airlines plane crashes in Chicago, killing all aboard Sports 1935 Babe Ruth hits last home run U.S. Presidents 1961 JFK asks Congress to support the space program

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 26 1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration Act of 1924 On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the highly restrictive Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1991 Plane crashes in Thai jungle Arts & Entertainment 1907 John Wayne is born 1962 The British Invasion has an odd beginning with clarinetist Acker Bilk Civil War 1865 One of the last Confederate generals surrenders Cold War 1972 SALT agreements signed 1960 United States charges Soviets with espionage European History 1896 Czar Nicholas II crowned Inventions & Science 1927 Last day of Model T production at Ford Native American History 1637 Pequot massacres begin U.S. Presidents 1868 President Johnson acquitted in Senate impeachment trial World War II 1940 Britain’s Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 27 1939 Ship carrying hundreds of Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba A boat carrying 937 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country; the rest are forced to return to Europe. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1887 Chinese gold miners are slaughtered in the Hells Canyon Massacre 1831 Comanche kill mountain man Jedediah Smith American Revolution 1813 Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams Arts & Entertainment 1897 “Dracula” goes on sale in London 1963 Dylan’s breakthrough album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” is released 1949 Marilyn Monroe poses for “red velvet” nude photo session European History 1905 The Battle of Tsushima 1703 St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great 1994 Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after exile Inventions & Science 1986 African American inventor Lonnie Johnson patents the Super Soaker water gun Landmarks 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens U.S. Presidents 1941 FDR proclaims an unlimited national emergency in response to Nazi threats Vietnam War 1971 Sweden announces support to Viet Cong World War II 1940 British evacuation of Dunkirk turns savage as Germans commit atrocity 1943 U.S. Olympian Louis Zamperini’s plane goes down in the Pacific 1941 British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 28 1961 Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches The British newspaper The London Observer publishes British lawyer Peter Benenson’s article “The Forgotten Prisoners,” launching the Appeal for Amnesty 1961. The movement later became Amnesty International. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1991 Ethiopian capital falls to rebels, ending 17 years of Marxist rule Arts & Entertainment 1998 Comic Phil Hartman killed by wife 1983 Irene Cara has a #1 pop hit with the “Flashdance” theme 1935 John Steinbeck publishes “Tortilla Flat” Civil War 1861 President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus is challenged Colonial America 1754 First blood of the French and Indian War Crime 2005 Murder suspect removed after three days perched on crane 1936 A single horsehair helps convict the killer of Nancy Titterton Exploration 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail to secure English Channel Inventions & Science 1937 Volkswagen is founded Middle Eastern History 1964 Palestine Liberation Organization is founded 2010 Terrorists attack Ahmadiyya mosques in Pakistan Native American History 1830 Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law Sports 1957 Baseball owners allow Dodgers and Giants to move 2006 Barry Bonds hits 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth on MLB list World War I 1918 U.S. troops score victory at Cantigny

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 29 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1848 Wisconsin enters the Union American Revolution 1780 British Colonel Tarleton gives “quarter” in South Carolina Arts & Entertainment 1913 Controversial ballet “The Rite of Spring” shocks audience in its Paris premiere 2003 Bob Hope celebrates 100th birthday Black History 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers powerful speech on African American women’s rights LGBTQ+ History 2014 Laverne Cox becomes first transgender person to appear on the cover of TIME magazine Sports 2005 Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500 U.S. Presidents 1917 Future President John F. Kennedy is born World War II 1942 German authorities decree that Parisian Jews must wear a yellow star

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 30 1431 Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy 19-year-old Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1868 Civil War dead honored on Decoration Day African History 1967 Republic of Biafra proclaimed Arts & Entertainment 1967 “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is published 1593 Playwright Christopher Marlowe killed in tavern brawl Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander History 1942 Japanese American Fred Korematsu is arrested for resisting internment Cold War 1990 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Washington for a summit Crime 1899 Bandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach 1997 NYC teacher Jonathan Levin is tortured and killed by his former student Inventions & Science 1934 Nissan Motor Company founded Space Exploration 1971 Mariner 9 departs for Mars Sports 1911 First Indianapolis 500 held U.S. Presidents 1806 Future president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel 1922 Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to be heard on the radio 1922 Former President Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial World War I 1913 The First Balkan War ends World War II 1943 Auschwitz gets a new doctor: “the Angel of Death”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 31 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre begins Beginning on the night of May 31, 1921, thousands of white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the city’s predominantly Black Greenwood District, burning homes and businesses to the ground and killing hundreds of people. Long mischaracterized as a race riot, rather than mass murder, the Tulsa Race Massacre stands as one of the worst […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1902 The Boer War ends in South Africa Arts & Entertainment 1977 The BBC bans the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” 1974 “Benji” opens in theaters 1930 Actor and director Clint Eastwood is born 1819 Poet Walt Whitman, author of “Leaves of Grass,” is born Crime 1964 Serial killer known as the “Pied Piper of Tucson” murders his first victim 1921 Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti go on trial for murder European History 1859 Big Ben starts ticking over London for the first time Holocaust 1962 Architect of the Holocaust hanged in Israel Inventions & Science 1929 Ford Motor Company signs agreement with Soviet Union Middle Eastern History 1996 Benjamin Netanyahu elected prime minister of Israel Natural Disasters & Environment 1889 More than 2,000 die in the Johnstown Flood U.S. Government and Politics 2005 Identity of “Deep Throat,” source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal, is revealed World War I 1916 Battle of Jutland, greatest naval battle of WWI, begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 1 1980 CNN launches CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1871 Old West outlaw John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene, befriends Wild Bill Hickok American Revolution 1779 Benedict Arnold is court-martialed Arts & Entertainment 2008 Universal Studios fire 1967 The Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 1926 Marilyn Monroe born Cold War 1990 George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to end production of chemical weapons Crime 2004 Opening statements begin in Scott Peterson murder trial Inventions & Science 1974 Dr. Heimlich first publishes his technique for rescuing choking victims Women’s History 1968 Writer and lecturer Helen Keller dies World War II 1941 Crete falls to German forces

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 2 1935 Babe Ruth retires Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1970 Race car driver and designer Bruce McLaren dies in crash American Revolution 1774 Parliament completes the Coercive Acts with the Quartering Act Arts & Entertainment 1989 “Dead Poets Society” released in selected theaters Black History 2015 Harlem Hellfighter Henry Johnson awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor Cold War 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges communists are in the CIA Crime 1997 Timothy McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing 1985 Killing spree by dual killers is put to an end European History 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Native American History 1924 Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act Sports 1985 English football clubs banned from Europe 2015 FIFA president Sepp Blatter announces resignation amidst corruption scandal U.S. Presidents 1886 Grover Cleveland gets married in the White House

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 3 1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles On June 3, 1943, a group of U.S. sailors marches through downtown Los Angeles, carrying clubs and other makeshift weapons and attacking anyone wearing a “zoot suit”—the baggy wool pants, oversized coats and porkpie hats favored by many young men of color at the time. Over the next week, the so-called Zoot Suit Riots spread […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1754 Lieutenant Colonel George Washington builds Fort Necessity Arts & Entertainment 1956 Rock ‘n’ roll is banned in Santa Cruz, California 1936 Western author Larry McMurtry is born Asian History 1989 Crackdown at Tiananmen begins Civil War 1864 Union disaster at Cold Harbor Crime 2010 Joran van der Sloot arrested for murder in South America European History 1937 Duke of Windsor weds American socialite Wallis Simpson 2017 Terrorists attack London Bridge Space Exploration 1965 First American astronaut walks in space U.S. Government and Politics 1992 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton plays saxophone on "The Arsenio Hall Show" U.S. Presidents 1800 President John Adams arrives in Washington, D.C., as the new capital city is being built World War I 1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs National Defense Act 1915 Austro-German troops recapture Przemysl fortress from Russians World War II 1940 Germans bomb Paris, killing hundreds of civilians

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 4

1989 Chinese crackdown on protests leads to Tiananmen Square Massacre Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. read more

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19th Century

1876

Express train crosses the nation in 83 hours

Arts & Entertainment

1940

“The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,” Carson McCullers’ debut novel, is published

1976

Several dozen people witness historic Sex Pistols set

Black History

1972

Communist activist Angela Davis acquitted

Crime

1986

Jonathan Pollard admits to selling top-secret information to Israel

2003

Martha Stewart indicted for securities fraud and obstruction of justice

Inventions & Science

1896

Henry Ford test-drives his “Quadricycle”

U.S. Constitution

1919

Congress passes the 19th Amendment, paving the way for women to vote

Vietnam War

1961

Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on neutrality for Laos

World War I

1916

Brusilov Offensive, one of the most successful ground operations of WWI, begins

World War II

1942

Battle of Midway begins

1940

Operation Dynamo at Dunkirk ends

1944

The U-505, a submarine from Hitler’s deadly fleet, is captured

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 5 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. He was pronounced dead one day later. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1981 First scientific report on AIDS is published Arts & Entertainment 2004 Jennifer Lopez marries Marc Anthony 1956 Elvis rocks “The Milton Berle Show” 1880 George Bernard Shaw quits his day job Cold War 1947 U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall calls for aid to Europe Crime 2013 Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government operations European History 1963 British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns amid sex scandal Middle Eastern History 1967 Six-Day War begins Natural Disasters & Environment 1870 Constantinople burns, killing thousands U.S. Presidents 2004 Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dies 1888 President Cleveland denies widow her husband’s military pension Vietnam War 1969 U.S. troops abandon “Hamburger Hill” World War II 1944 Allies prepare for D-Day