On this Day: On May 17, 1964, the first Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop was opened in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton.…
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On this Day: On May 16, 1966 The Beach Boys released their groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", containing hit singles "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It…
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On this Day: On May 15, 1887, the first-ever LGBT Organization: The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, was founded in Berlin by Magnus Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld was a German…
On this Day: On May 14, 1878 Vaseline was granted a patent - U.S. Patent 127,568. Vaseline is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products…
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On this Day: On May 13, 1950, the first ever race of the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship was run at Silverstone, England and won…
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On this Day: On May 12, 1967 the rock group Pink Floyd performed the first-ever quadraphonic [surround-sound] rock concert at Games for May, a lavish…
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On this Day: On May 11, 1893 Henri Desgrange set the 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour. He also founded…
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A portrait of Ann Reeves Jarvis On this Day: On May 10, 1908 the first Mother's Day was observed in Philadelphia. First rising to…
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On this Day: May 9, 1941 British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks the German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.…
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On this Day: On May 8, 1980 the World Health Organization announced that smallpox had been eradicated. Smallpox Smallpox is a life-threatening disease that causes…
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