This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
May dates mark wars strikes and historic firsts
May notes timeline events across years including Westminster dog show first held in New York 1877, Coca Cola sale 1886, VE Day 1945, Wounded Knee 1973 end of standoff, Minnesota statehood 1858, Pullman Strike 1894, Charleston capture 1780, George VI coronation 1937, Berlin blockade lift 1949, Carter Cuba visit 2002, Sichuan quake 2008, Afrika Korps surrender 1943, John Paul II shot 1981, MOVE Philadelphia fire 1985.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Kennel Club
New York City
John Pemberton
Europe
Wounded Knee
S.C
Charleston
George VI
United Kingdom
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Soviet Union
Berlin
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Sichuan
China
Afrika Korps
North Africa
John Paul II
Mehmet Ali Agca
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Philadelphia
MOVE