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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton

  • 9th May 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Buffalo Bill, Cowboy, Culture, Entertainment, Indians, London, Queen Victoria, United States, USA, Wild West

This was the first time Buffalo Bill had travelled to Britain, and also marked the first time that many Europeans had seen the fabled ‘Cowboys and Indians’.

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8th May 1945: Victory in Europe Day is celebrated as a public holiday to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe

  • 8th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Britain, Eisenhower, Europe, Germany, Peace, Rheims, Second World War, Surrender, Treaty

VE Day was declared a public holiday in Britain and was marked with jubilant scenes across the world, much as the end of the First World War had been met with cheers and dancing.

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7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20

  • 7th May 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Britain, First World War, Germany, Ireland, Liverpool, Navy, New York, Passenger, Ship, USA, Wilson

The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.

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6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engulfed in flames following a mid-air explosion

  • 6th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Airship, America, Explosion, Germany, Hindenburg, Hydrogen, New Jersey, United States, USA, Zeppelin

The landing ropes were dropped at 7.21pm, and shortly afterwards the Hindenburg was engulfed by flames.

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5th May 1912: Russian Communist newspaper Pravda first published

  • 5th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Communism, Lenin, Newspaper, Propaganda, Russia, Stalin, Trotsky

Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published.

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4th May 1932: Al Capone begins life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary

  • 4th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Al Capone, Alcatraz, Alcohol, America, Atlanta, Crim, Criminal, Gangster, Prison, Prohibition, Tax, Tax Evasion, United States, USA

Capone was found guilty on 17 October 1931 of Federal Income Tax Evasion and was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment by Judge James Herbert Wilkerson.

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3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’

  • 3rd May 2023
  • Tagged as: Canada, Culture, First World War, Poetry, War, Ypres

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian doctor, wrote the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, which inspired the symbol of the poppy to commemorate members of the military killed in war.

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2nd May 1945: The Battle of Berlin ends with the German surrender to the USSR

  • 2nd May 2023
  • Tagged as: Berlin, Communism, Fascism, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Second World War, Soviet Union, Stalin, USSR

The Battle of Berlin ended after German General Helmuth Weidling surrendered to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.

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1st May 1952: The first Mr Potato Head ‘funny face toy’ goes on sale

  • 1st May 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Children, Culture, Hasbro, Potato, Toy, United States, USA

The day before Mr Potato Head was released by Hasbro he featured in the first ever television advert for a toy that was aimed directly at children.

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30th April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begins

  • 30th April 2023
  • Tagged as: Boycott, Bristol, Bus, Civil Rights, England, Racism

A boycott against the Bristol Omnibus Company in England was launched due to their racist employment policy.

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