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12 may 1803
Justus von Liebig is born in Darmstadt, Germany
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13 may 1637
Cardinal Richelieu introduces the "table knife" en forbit people to use their daggers on the dinnertable.
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14 may 1796
First vaccination ever, performed by Edward Jenner.
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15 may 1501
First music book printed by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice, Italy
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May 15, 1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.
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15 may, 1869 - Women's suffrage : In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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15 May 1928 Mickey Mouse is for the first time in a Movie (Plane Crazy).
Das Ganze ist mehr als die Summe seiner Teile(Aristoteles) Aber wenn man das einzelne nicht mehr beachtet, hat das ganze keinen Sinn mehr (Stone)
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16 may 1946
Jack Mullin gives a demonstration of the first magnetic tape recorder.
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16 May 1929 In Hollywood, California the first Academy Awards are handed out.
Das Ganze ist mehr als die Summe seiner Teile(Aristoteles) Aber wenn man das einzelne nicht mehr beachtet, hat das ganze keinen Sinn mehr (Stone)
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May 16, 1866 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
Root beer is a beverage made from some combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other things.
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May 16, 1943 - World War II: SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop put an end to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the first mass uprising in Poland against the Nazi occupation during the Holocaust. As such, he was responsible for crushing the rebellion and restoring order in the ghetto; an action which cost the lives of thousands of innocent victims. After the close of the Second World War, Stroop was found guilty of war crimes and executed by the Polish authorities in 1952.
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17 may 1979
The highest voltage ever (man made) is achieved in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. 321.5 million volt.
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May 17, 1846 - The Saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax.
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18 may 1787
In Toulouse, France, the first ingraved glass is produced.
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May 18th 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
Born on May 18th 1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
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19 may 1914
Max Perutz (the biochemic) is born in Vienna, Austria.
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May 19th 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for adultery.
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20 may 1940
Igor Sikorsky gives a demonstration with his first helicopter.
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21 may 1921
Andrej Sacharov is born in Moscow.
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