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21 may 1927
- Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight.

22 may 1973

Robert Metcalf invents the ethernet.

22 may 2005
Galadriël realizes that Seth and I are the only ones that are keeping this tread alive <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

22 may 1908
- The Wright Brothers patent their aircraft

22 may 1967
- The Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.

Now I realize I could have said that the 17:th May is Norways national day. Think it celebrate their liberation from Sweden (don't know if it was because they weren't a part of Sweden anymore or if they left the union between the two countries. Maybe it was both <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />...).

Übereil

23 may 1785

Benjamin Franklin invents bifocale glasses.

May 22, 1967 - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running children's series on television, airs its first episode.

May 23: Victoria Day in Canada (2005)

May 23 1533
- The marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII of England was annulled.

May 23 1934
- American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.

May 23

1906 - Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".

1923 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.

1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, was released.

24 May 1607
english Traders establish with Jamestown the first durable Settlement from England in Nothamerika.

24 may 1892

Thomas Alva Edison ask for a patent on "the electric railroad"

May 24, 1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Can't be a record. I'm sure any woman can do better.

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Yes that is true. I bet I could give him a run for his money! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

May 24, 1830 "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written

25 may 1941
- World War II: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

25 may 1948

Andrew Moyer gets a patent on producing penicillin in high numbers.

May 25 1968 - In St. Louis, Missouri, US Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and US Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

May 25 1977 - Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) opens a limited run in theaters before expanding to become the highest grossing movie to date.

May 25 2004 - The theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (movie) is released on DVD.

May 25, 2005 - Why today is important, because I say so. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

May 25 2005 European Champions League Final...A.C.Milan -v- Liverpool F.C.
Ataturk Stadium,Istanbul,Turkey.

I'd add: "Today is the first day of the rest of your/my life..."

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25 May 2005
- HandEFoods birthday! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" />

25 may 1521
- Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and a heretic by the Diet of Worms.