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May 16 1849:
----------------------------------------The New York City Board of Health is finally able to establish a hospital to deal with a cholera epidemic that, before it ends, kills more than 5,000 people. The rapidly growing city was ripe for an epidemic of this kind because of poor health conditions and its status as a destination for immigrants from around the world. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 16, 2008 9:52:14 AM] |
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1943 : As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron
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On May 16:
1984 - Andy Kaufman, American entertainer and comedian, died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kaufman |
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May 19 1967:
One of the first major treaties designed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons goes into effect as the Soviet Union ratifies an agreement banning nuclear weapons from outer space. The United States, Great Britain, and several dozen other nations had already signed and/or ratified the treaty. |
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On May 19:
1900 - The world's longest railroad tunnel, the 12-mile-long Simplon Tunnel linking Switzerland to Italy through the Alps, opened. |
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1943 : Churchill and FDR plot D-Day
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6458 |
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May 20 1873:
Acting at the behest of a Reno, Nevada, tailor who had invented the idea, Levi Strauss secures the necessary patents for canvas pants with copper rivets to reinforce the stress points. |
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On May 20:
1927 - Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, on his historic solo flight to Paris, France. |
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1940 : Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France
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On May 21:
1932 - Amelia Earhart, because of bad weather, lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. |
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