Category: May

May 31 in Pop Culture History 1279 BC - Ramesses II became pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He may have been the pharaoh involved with Moses. He was the subject of...

May 30 in Pop Culture History 1431 - At Rouen, Normandy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy. 1631 - Gazette de France, the first French newspaper,...

May 29 in Pop Culture History 1453 - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captured Constantinople after a 53-day siege, commonly referred to as The Fall of Constantinople. 1790...

May 28 in Pop Culture History 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales. Knowing this exact date helped historians find other...

May 27 in Pop Culture History 1199 - John (December 24, 1166 - October 19, 1216) became King of England. He's the one who signed The Magna Carta, which was...

May 26 in Pop Culture History 1293 (Eartquake) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. 1869 - Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1896 - Charles Dow published...

May 25 in Pop Culture History 1878 - Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opened at the Opera Comique in London. 1935 - At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...

May 24 in Pop Culture History 1775 - John Hancock was elected president of the Second Continental Congress. 1830 - Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale was...

May 23 in Pop Culture History 1701 - Scottish-born sea captain William Kidd was hanged on the banks of the Thames after being found guilty of piracy and murder. 1911...

May 22 in Pop Culture History 1455 - England's War of the Roses began when the Yorkists defeated King Henry VI's Lancastrian forces at St. Albans. 1849 - Abraham Lincoln...

May 21 in Pop Culture History 1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. 1955 - George B. Hansburg of Walker Valley, N.Y. was issued a...

May 19 in Pop Culture History 1780 - This morning, a combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover caused complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New...

May 18 in Pop Culture History 1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet. 1926 - In one of the first Media Frenzy's of Popular Culture, Evangelist...

May 17 in Pop Culture History 1536 - The annulment of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage. 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was formed. 1875 - Aristides won...

May 16 in Pop Culture History 1866 - Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia, PA. Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway Musical) Opened on May 16, 1946 and...

May 15 in Pop Culture History 1501 - Ottaviano Petrucci opened the first modern-style music publishing house, by producing the first book of music made from movable type, in Venice....

May 13 in Pop Culture History 1607 - English in Virginia founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. 1637 - The rounded table knife was created by...

May 12 in Pop Culture History 1551 - The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru. 1932 - The body of...

May 11 in Pop Culture History 868 - The first known dated printed book was the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture. A citation included : "printed on 11 May 868,...

May 10 in Pop Culture History Mother's Day in Mexico is a set date of May 10th every year, unlike most other countries where it lands on a Sunday. 1503...

May 8 in Pop Culture History 1840 - The first U.S. photographic patent (#1,582) was issued to Alexander S. Wolcott of New York City 1886 - Coca-Cola was first sold...

May 7 in Pop Culture History 1718 - La Nouvelle-Orleans (now New Orleans) was founded by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on...

May 6 in Pop Culture History 1840 (Tornado) Natchez, Mississippi 1851 - Linus Yale, Jr. was granted a patent (#8,071) for the invention of his "Self-Detaching and Attaching Key-Lock" as...

May 5 in Pop Culture History 1809 - Mary Kies became the first woman awarded a US patent (#X01043) , for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread....

May 4 in Pop Culture History May 4 is Star Wars Day. "May the Fourth be with you." 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit (~1594-1638), director-general of New Netherlands, bought...

May 3 in Pop Culture History 1375 BC -The first recorded eclipse occurred, noted in the area know known as Syria. 1802 - Washington, District of Columbia. was incorporated as...

May 2 in Pop Culture History 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. 1611 - The King James...

May 1 in Pop Culture History May 1 is Law Day, begun in 1958. "A national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day underscores how law...