On This Day

30 years ago Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa.

1610 Francois Ravaillac kills King Henri IV of France, probably nixing a big European war.

And:

On May 14th, 1954, Boeing unveiled its first commercial jet-powered passenger plane, the Model 367-80 prototype.

@Ponderable said
And:

On May 14th, 1954, Boeing unveiled its first commercial jet-powered passenger plane, the Model 367-80 prototype.

5/15/73
nolan ryan pitches the first of his 7 (mlb record) no-hitters against the kc royals

Bab founded the Babism (went up into the Bahai

Another religion having been established due to the injust conditions that made the founder really sad...

Ended the lifes of Bonnie and Clyde 90 years ago.

@Ponderable said
Ended the lifes of Bonnie and Clyde 90 years ago.

1894: Emanuel Lasker became the second world champion of chess

1924: Franz Kafka died

1224: The university of Naples (Napoli, Italia) was founded

75 years ago Sigrid Undset, winer of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature died.

80 years agao Vera Menchik, first women's world chess champion (1927-1944) died.

Sadly enough she died form a V-1 attack.

50 years ago Juan Peron died. (He was the husband of Evita)

70 years ago Germany became Football World Champion

(some say that the Hungarians would have deserved the title more)