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May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina) [240] Constitution Day [241] Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; [242] celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. (Christianity) [243] Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah) [240]
1996 – A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit. 2003 – Record shattering tornado activity during the May 2003 tornado outbreak ...
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
Today, May Day is an official holiday in 66 countries, according to History.com. However, it is not widely recognized in the U.S., the country where it began. However, it is not widely recognized ...
1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
History of May Day. May Day dates back to the age of the Celts, in roughly 1000 B.C. during the Iron Age and The Roman Empire. ... Singing, bonfires, and floral decorations are some common ways to ...
1933 – Thousands of books on the history and healthcare of transgender people in Nazi Germany, taken from the Institute for Sexual Science, were burned in Bebelplatz Square for being "un-German". 1940 – British prime minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor.
April 12, 2024. Today on CNN 10, CNN’s Oren Liebermann boards a B-52 bomber in an exclusive US military mission and how the extensive 33-hour flight to the other side of the world is a statement ...