Bank Holiday in History

Hi All
Back with a little history trivia to get the old grey cells working! As we enjoy the little bit of sun that has been promised to us this Bank Holiday Weekend, have you ever wondered what was going on this day in history. Judging by some of the things, the least they had to work about was the weather!

25th May
1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
1837 - The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
1844 - 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1878 - Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1887 - Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1900 - Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
1927 - Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
1961 - JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1967 - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce



26th May
1647 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1805 - Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
1805 - Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
1876 - HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
1896 - Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1900 - British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1903 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables"
1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
1913 - Emily Duncan becomes Great Britain's first woman magistrate.
1915 - H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
1940 - Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk


27th May
1703 - St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
1896 - Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless
1936 - RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
1941 - German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1958 - The F-4 Phantom II first flight.
1964 - "From Russia With Love" premieres in US


Over the years its been a pretty eventful weekend!
Thanks for popping by.
Best wishes
Karen