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Christmas Banned May 11, 1659 Christmas Banned Celebration of the Christmas holiday is made illegal in Massachusetts. The Puritans associated […]

11 MAY 1571 Niwa Nagashige (丹羽 長重, May 11, 1571 – April 30, 1637) was a Japanese daimyō who served

1972 – First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. “Warthog”). The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is

10 MAY 1769 Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was

V-E DAY Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II

8 MAY 1653 Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (8

Sinking of the Lusitania May 7, 1915 This civilian steamer RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine’s torpedo, killing

7 MAY 1530 Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, (born May 7, 1530, Vendôme, France—died March 13, 1569, Jarnac),

The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” News reporter Herbert

6 MAY 1405 Gjergj Kastrioti (6 May 1405 – 17 January 1468), known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian nobleman and