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19th May 1962: Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy

19th May 2021
Tagged as: Culture, JFK, Kennedy, Madison Square Garden, Marilyn Monroe, New York, New York City, United States, USA

Kennedy joked that he could ‘retire after having had “Happy Birthday” sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way.’

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31st March 1985: WrestleMania I takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City

31st March 2021
Tagged as: Culture, Madison Square Garden, New York City, Sport, Wrestling, WWE, WWF

WrestleMania grossed a reported $12 million and, although reviews of the first event were mixed, it marked the start of the longest-running professional wrestling competition in history.

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19th May 1962: Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy

31st March 1985: WrestleMania I takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary

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

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

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

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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