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1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, which features trumpet fanfares at the start and end.; 1801 – Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of agriculture and of motherly love.
Person (*2003) ♂ 2003-12-18 Lucrezia Beccari: Italian figure skater figure skater: Italy: Lucrezia: 2003-12-18 Ilona Mononen: Finnish middle distance runner
Marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in World War II on 8 May 1945. May 24: May Two-Four: Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine) Canada: Celebrates the birthday of Queen Victoria and the current reigning Canadian Monarch. Observed on the last Monday preceding May 25th. [6] June 19: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day: United States
30 January – Lloyd Alexander was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).; 19 April – Lord Byron died of fever in Missolonghi, Greece (200th Anniversary). [1]11 May – On this day 100 years ago, Robert Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize for the book New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes.
Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History; Internet Movie Database: This Day in Movie History
The Spanish Civil War is covered until its end, but nothing on the Second World War) [5] Nordisk familjebok third edition 26 volumes, second printing, including not so few coloured posters (like national maps, city maps a poster of all the flags of the world etc) and a huge number of full page black and white portraits. These The additional ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord. 1944 – World War II: The Belgian Troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 763 soldiers and 56 crew. [25] 1945 – Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is ...