Monday, May 30, 2011

May 30, 1431 – Jeanne d’Arc Takes Vows

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Against the backdrop of the bitter Hundred Years War, Saint Joan of Arc completed her novitiate and took her first vows to become a nun. Da...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

May 29, 1453 – Constantinople Siege Raised

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On this date, according to the Julian Calendar, the Tenth Crusade, led by united Christian forces directly under Pope Nicholas V gathered fr...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

May 28, 1644 – Parliamentarian Army Captured at Bolton

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At the height of the English Civil War, the Royalist army led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine came across a disordered Parliamentarian army in...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

May 27, 1941 – Bismarck Dominates Sea Lanes

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The Battle of the Atlantic took a sharp turn toward Axis power when Operation Rheinubung became one of the German navy's most glorious s...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

May 23, 1934 – Bonnie & Clyde Join Battle of Toledo

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In a move that in some ways continued their murderous lives of crime and in others returned the air of Robin Hood with which they had surrou...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22, 1939 – Mussolini Rejects “Pact of Rust”

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After a meeting that had begun cordially but ended in mysterious anger, the Italian delegation to Berlin stormed out, refusing to sign what ...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

May 21, 1927 – Lindbergh Plane Found off Coast of Ireland

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One of the first and most glamorous attempts at crossing the Atlantic in a nonstop solo flight ended in tragedy when the plane of Charles “S...