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| | | | | | Nelson Mandela becomes SA's first black president by The Ovi Team May 10th 1994; Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela has become South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule. Mr. Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) party won 252 of the | | | | The beer-pump handle by The Ovi Team May 9th 1785; Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle. Joseph Bramah was born in Stainborough, Yorkshire, England, in 1748, the son of a farmer. After the most basic of elementary educations, his father put him to work on the farm. When he was sixteen | | | | Warsaw Ghetto destruction by The Ovi Team May 8th 1943; the Nazis suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto. | |
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| | | Unconditional surrender by The Ovi Team May 7th 1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender. Germany has signed an unconditional surrender bringing to an end six years of war in Europe. | | | | Hindenburg crashed by The Ovi Team May 6th 1937; the German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on board) were killed. | | | | Eugene Jacques Bullard by The Ovi Team May 5th 1917; Eugene Jacques Bullard becomes the first African-American aviator when he earned his flying certificate with the French Air Service. America's first black aviator did not fly for the country of his birth America, but for his adopted country | | | | Victory for the Iron Lady by The Ovi Team May 4th 1979: Election victory for Margaret Thatcher. The Conservative Party has won the general election making Margaret Thatcher Britain's first ever woman prime minister. Mrs Thatcher arrived at Downing Street to take over from James Callaghan after h | | | | The first airplane to land at the North Pole by The Ovi Team May 3rd 1952; the first airplane landed at the geographic North Pole. | | | | The simple funeral of a Duchess by The Ovi Team May 1st 1986; the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, has been laid to rest alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor. She was buried in an English oak coffin, marked with a silver plate inscribed simply "Wallis, Duche | | | | The Duke by The Ovi Team Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, a | | | prev | | next | | |
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