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On May 18, 1974, at 8.05 am local time, the Indian Army conducted the first nuclear weapon explosion by the country. The detonation at Pokhran Test Range in the Pokhran…
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On Saturday, May 19, 2001, Apple Inc. opened its first retail store in the US, at Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia. Steve Jobs, the then CEO had hosted a press…
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*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons After seven years of hard work by 47 scholars, Robert Parker sent the King James Bible to print on May 2, 1611. In commissioning the first…
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Bavaria-born, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and a tailor from Reno, Nevada, Jacob Davis received the patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets on May 20, 1873. The…
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On May 21, 1471, Henry VI, King of England and France, was killed in the Tower of London thus bringing an end to the dominance of the House of Lancaster…
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On May 22, 1939, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler signed the military and political alliance, on behalf of Italy and Germany, popularly called the Pact of Steel (Stahlpakt in German…
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The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was formally established on May 23, 1949 as an independent nation. This action led to a widening of the chasm between the Eastern…
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On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges of the U.S., was opened to the public. The bridge connects the Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs of…
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On May 25, 1977, 20th Century Fox released to its American audience one of the best loved science-fiction movies of all times – Star Wars. The space odyssey spurred an…
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On May 26, 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the King of Italy, thus turning the Republic of Italy into the Kingdom of Italy. Napoleon took on the titles he would…
