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  1. 8th June 1968: James Earl Ray arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in connection with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

    Gepubliceerd: 8-6-2025

  2. 7th June 1832: The Great Reform Act becomes law, significantly changing the electoral system of the UK

    Gepubliceerd: 7-6-2025

  3. 6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin

    Gepubliceerd: 6-6-2025

  4. 5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

    Gepubliceerd: 5-6-2025

  5. 4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

    Gepubliceerd: 4-6-2025

  6. 3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

    Gepubliceerd: 3-6-2025

  7. 2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy

    Gepubliceerd: 2-6-2025

  8. 1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad

    Gepubliceerd: 1-6-2025

  9. 31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War

    Gepubliceerd: 31-5-2025

  10. 30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies

    Gepubliceerd: 30-5-2025

  11. 29th May 1660: Charles II restored to the English throne, marking the end of over a decade of republican rule

    Gepubliceerd: 29-5-2025

  12. 28th May 1754: Battle of Jumonville Glen in Pennsylvania marks the beginning of the French and Indian War

    Gepubliceerd: 28-5-2025

  13. 27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great

    Gepubliceerd: 27-5-2025

  14. 26th May 1923: First 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race begins, establishing the endurance racing format

    Gepubliceerd: 26-5-2025

  15. 25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

    Gepubliceerd: 25-5-2025

  16. 24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

    Gepubliceerd: 24-5-2025

  17. 23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany

    Gepubliceerd: 23-5-2025

  18. 22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

    Gepubliceerd: 22-5-2025

  19. 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

    Gepubliceerd: 21-5-2025

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

    Gepubliceerd: 20-5-2025

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