Anniversaries

27th April 1822 (209 Years)

Ulysses Simpson Grant, Civil War General and 18th US president, is born.

27th April 1840 (191 Years)

Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.

27th April 1937 (94 Years)

King George VI accompanied by his daughter Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, formally opened the National Maritime Museum.

28th April 1789 (242 Years)

Mutiny on the Bounty, a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against commanding officer Lieutenant William Bligh aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty.

28th April 1928 (103 Years)

Birth of artist Yves Klein, leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme.

28th April 1945 (86 Years)

Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and some close associates.

28th April 1992 (39 Years)

Francis Bacon, British painter, dies.

29th April 1868 (163 Years)

Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII, was born.

29th April 1899 (132 Years)

Duke Ellington was born.

29th April 1980 (51 Years)

Alfred Hitchcock, the famous English film director and producer, died.

30th April 1939 (92 Years)

The World's Fair in New York, held in the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, opened.

30th April 1945 (86 Years)

WWII: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.

30th April 1975 (56 Years)

The war in Vietnam ends as the government in Saigon announces its unconditional surrender to the Vietcong.

30th April 2008 (23 Years)

Two skeletons found near Yekaterinburg, are confirmed to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sisters.

30th April 2013 (18 Years)

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates and Willem-Alexander becomes King of the Netherlands.

1st May 1118 (913 Years)

Matilda of Scotland, born Edith, Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry I, died.

1st May 1916 (115 Years)

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" For, Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that lasted more than 50 years, was born.

1st May 1941 (90 Years)

Citizen Kane, the American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer, co-author, director and star, premièred at the Palace Theatre in New York City.

1st May 1948 (83 Years)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.

2nd May 1519 (512 Years)

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, the Italian polymath, died in Clos Lucé, Amboise, France.

2nd May 1568 (463 Years)

Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

2nd May 1892 (139 Years)

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, widely known as the Red Baron, was born.

2nd May 1892 (139 Years)

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, widely known as the Red Baron, was born.

2nd May 1964 (67 Years)

Nancy Astor, the American-born British politician who was the first female MP, died.

3rd May 1937 (94 Years)

Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel 'Gone with the Wind'.

3rd May 1987 (44 Years)

Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti, better known as Dalida, Egyptian-born Italian singer and actress, died.

4th May 1929 (102 Years)

Audrey Hepburn was born.

4th May 1979 (52 Years)

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister in the United Kingdom.

5th May 1818 (213 Years)

Karl Marx, philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist, was born.

5th May 1891 (140 Years)

The Music Hall in New York City (later Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

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