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376 Episoder

1. 25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

   Publisert: 25.5.2025
2. 24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

   Publisert: 24.5.2025
3. 23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany

   Publisert: 23.5.2025
4. 22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

   Publisert: 22.5.2025
5. 21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

   Publisert: 21.5.2025
6. 20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

   Publisert: 20.5.2025
7. 19th May 1922: Young Pioneer organisation formally established in the USSR

   Publisert: 19.5.2025
8. 18th May 1848: The Frankfurt Parliament opens at St. Paul’s Church as the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany

   Publisert: 18.5.2025
9. 17th May 1756: The Seven Years’ War begins, when Great Britain formally declares war on France

   Publisert: 17.5.2025
10. 16th May 1960: The first laser was successfully operated by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California

    Publisert: 16.5.2025
11. 15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California

    Publisert: 15.5.2025
12. 14th May 1878: The last witchcraft trial in the United States was held in Salem, Massachusetts

    Publisert: 14.5.2025
13. 13th May 1861: Queen Victoria issues a “Proclamation of Neutrality” concerning the American Civil War

    Publisert: 13.5.2025
14. 12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California

    Publisert: 12.5.2025
15. 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

    Publisert: 11.5.2025
16. 10th May 1869: The ‘Golden Spike’ completes the first transcontinental railroad in the United States at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

    Publisert: 10.5.2025
17. 9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

    Publisert: 9.5.2025
18. 8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark

    Publisert: 8.5.2025
19. 7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention

    Publisert: 7.5.2025
20. 6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

    Publisert: 6.5.2025