May

On This Day – May

1  – 1927 The first cooked airline food is served. Read more

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5 – 1961 Alan Shepard become the first American in space; wearing a slightly damp spacesuit. Read more

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9 – 1671 Thomas Blood steals the English Crown Jewels. Read more

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13 – 1843 Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, coughs up a coin he had swallowed six weeks earlier. Read more

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15 – 1800 James Hadfield tries to shoot King George III. Read more

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20 – 1892 The last scheduled trains run on Brunel’s broad gauge tracks. Read more

21 – 1916 British Summer Time (daylight saving) starts for the first time. Read more

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