forumfinder2011: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

1 June 2001

Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of the royal family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

31 May 1927

The final Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after 15,007,003 vehicles are

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

30 May 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand was

Monday, May 28, 2012

29 May 1953

The New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount

Sunday, May 27, 2012

28 May 1987

The young West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in

Saturday, May 26, 2012

27 May 2005

The Australian Schapelle Corby gets sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for drug smuggling by a court in

Friday, May 25, 2012

26 May 1828

The Feral child Kaspar Hauser is found in the streets of

Thursday, May 24, 2012

25 May 2011

The Oprah Winfrey Show airs for the last time after a run of 25

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

24 May 1830

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is first

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

23 May 1945

The head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, commits suicide while in Allied

Monday, May 21, 2012

22 May 1990

Microsoft comes out with its the Windows 3.0 operating

Sunday, May 20, 2012

21 May 1991

The former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a suicide

Saturday, May 19, 2012

20 May 1813

Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and

Friday, May 18, 2012

19 May 1962

A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy

Thursday, May 17, 2012

18 May 1927

45 people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member at the Bath School in

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

17 May 1974

33 people are killed when the Ulster Volunteer Force explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

16 May 1943

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Monday, May 14, 2012

15 May 1928

Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane

Sunday, May 13, 2012

14 May 1863

The Battle of Jackson takes place during the American Civil

Friday, May 11, 2012

12 May 2006

Miinterpretation of a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulted in mass

Thursday, May 10, 2012

11 May 1997

The chess-playing supercomputer called Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

10 May 1994

Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

9 May 1915

Second Battle of Artois during World War One between German and French

Monday, May 7, 2012

8 May 1886

The Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton sells his first a carbonated beverage that was named

Sunday, May 6, 2012

7 May 1824

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is premiered in Vienna, Austria.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

6 May 1937

The German zeppelin Hindenburg is destroyed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Friday, May 4, 2012

5 May 1980

The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a 6 day

Thursday, May 3, 2012

4 May 1988

The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as space shuttle fuel detonates during a

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

3 May 1901

The Great Fire of 1901 starts in Jacksonville,

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

2 May 2004

More than 630 nomad Muslims are killed by Christians in