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391 Episoder

1. 20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

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2. 19th May 1922: Young Pioneer organisation formally established in the USSR

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3. 18th May 1848: The Frankfurt Parliament opens at St. Paul’s Church as the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany

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4. 17th May 1756: The Seven Years’ War begins, when Great Britain formally declares war on France

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5. 16th May 1960: The first laser was successfully operated by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California

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6. 15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California

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7. 14th May 1878: The last witchcraft trial in the United States was held in Salem, Massachusetts

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8. 13th May 1861: Queen Victoria issues a “Proclamation of Neutrality” concerning the American Civil War

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9. 12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California

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10. 11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions

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11. 10th May 1869: The ‘Golden Spike’ completes the first transcontinental railroad in the United States at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

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12. 9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

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13. 8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark

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14. 7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention

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15. 6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

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16. 5th May 1789: The Estates General meets at Versailles, near Paris, for the first time in 175 years

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17. 4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students

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18. 3rd May 1921: Partition of Ireland divides Ireland into two separate political entities

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19. 2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England

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20. 1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

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