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Big Ben rang for the first time on May 31, 1859. It has become the most recognized clock sound in the world — and the one that tells the world what London sounds like.
May 31, 2026
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Joan of Arc was executed on May 30, 1431, burned at the stake in Rouen. Twenty-five years later, a retrial declared her innocent. Five centuries later, she was declared a saint.
May 30, 2026
When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, they achieved something that 30 years of attempts had called impossible. Hillary's first words on return: 'We knocked the bastard off.'
May 29, 2026
The Spanish Armada set sail on May 28, 1588, with 130 ships and 30,000 men. It returned with about half of each. The defeat changed the balance of European power for a century.
May 28, 2026
When the Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world and had cost eleven lives to build. It has stood for eighty-eight years — including every earthquake California has thrown at it.
May 27, 2026
When Bram Stoker published Dracula on May 26, 1897, he could not have imagined what he had created. The book has never been out of print. The Count has never rested.
May 26, 2026
John F. Kennedy's speech at Rice University on May 25, 1961, committed the United States to reaching the Moon within a decade. It was either the most reckless promise in American political history or the most inspiring. Possibly both.
May 25, 2026
When Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph message on May 24, 1844, he created the first technology for instant long-distance communication. Everything since — telephone, radio, internet — descended from it.
May 24, 2026
Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a police ambush on May 23, 1934, after two years of robbery, murder, and mythology. The mythology outlasted both of them.
May 23, 2026
Victor Hugo died on May 22, 1885. He had been the most famous living person on Earth for over forty years. Two million people followed his coffin through Paris.
May 22, 2026
