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371 Episoade

1. 9th June 68: Emperor Nero commits suicide

   Publicat: 09.06.2025
2. 8th June 1968: James Earl Ray arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in connection with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

   Publicat: 08.06.2025
3. 7th June 1832: The Great Reform Act becomes law, significantly changing the electoral system of the UK

   Publicat: 07.06.2025
4. 6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin

   Publicat: 06.06.2025
5. 5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

   Publicat: 05.06.2025
6. 4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

   Publicat: 04.06.2025
7. 3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

   Publicat: 03.06.2025
8. 2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy

   Publicat: 02.06.2025
9. 1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad

   Publicat: 01.06.2025
10. 31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War

    Publicat: 31.05.2025
11. 30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies

    Publicat: 30.05.2025
12. 29th May 1660: Charles II restored to the English throne, marking the end of over a decade of republican rule

    Publicat: 29.05.2025
13. 28th May 1754: Battle of Jumonville Glen in Pennsylvania marks the beginning of the French and Indian War

    Publicat: 28.05.2025
14. 27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great

    Publicat: 27.05.2025
15. 26th May 1923: First 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race begins, establishing the endurance racing format

    Publicat: 26.05.2025
16. 25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

    Publicat: 25.05.2025
17. 24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

    Publicat: 24.05.2025
18. 23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany

    Publicat: 23.05.2025
19. 22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

    Publicat: 22.05.2025
20. 21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

    Publicat: 21.05.2025