Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 63 events. Showing 31 - 60.
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- Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
- Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
- The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
- J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
- Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
- World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
- World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
- World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
- World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
- World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
- World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
- World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
- World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
- First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- The Republic of China implements “temporary provisions” granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
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- Bill Haley & His Comets release “Rock Around the Clock”, the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
- The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
- Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
- Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
- Bobby Orr scores “The Goal” to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins’ fourth NHL championship in their history.
- First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. “Warthog”).
- Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
- The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
- François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
- In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
- A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran’s Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
- The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world’s largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
- F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
- A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
