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  1. On This Day: May 17, 1983 - Israel Agreed to Withdraw Troops From Lebanon

    On This Day: May 17, 1983 - Israel Agreed to Withdraw Troops From Lebanon

    On this day May 17, 1983, Israel officially agreed to withdraw its troops from Lebanon following nearly a year of military occupation. The decision was part of a US brokered agreement aimed at ending hostilities and stabilizing the region after Israel's invasion on June 6, 1982. The military...
  2. On This Day: May 17, 1983 - Oak Ridge Tennessee Identified as Having the World’s Largest Mercury Pollution

    On This Day: May 17, 1983 - Oak Ridge Tennessee Identified as Having the World’s Largest Mercury Pollution

    On this day May 17, 1983, the United States Department of Energy confirmed that Oak Ridge, Tennessee had the highest levels of mercury pollution ever recorded in water anywhere in the world. The contamination was traced back to operations at the Y-12 National Security Complex, which began during...
  3. On This Day: May 15, 1988 - Soviet Army Began Withdrawal From Afghanistan After 8 Year Occupation

    On This Day: May 15, 1988 - Soviet Army Began Withdrawal From Afghanistan After 8 Year Occupation

    On this day May 15, 1988, the Soviet Union officially began withdrawing its military forces from Afghanistan, ending more than eight years of occupation in one of the most brutal and costly conflicts of the Cold War. The withdrawal started with the first wave of Soviet troops leaving the country...
  4. On This Day: May 14, 1988 - Carrollton Bus Crash Killed 27 in One of the Deadliest Drunk Driving Accidents in U.S. History

    On This Day: May 14, 1988 - Carrollton Bus Crash Killed 27 in One of the Deadliest Drunk Driving Accidents in U.S. History

    On this day May 14, 1988, tragedy struck in Carrollton, Kentucky when a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 collided head on with a school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash resulted in the deaths of 27 people, most of them teenagers, and injured dozens more. It...
  5. On This Day: May 12, 1982 - Attempted Bayonet Attack on Pope John Paul II Foiled in Portugal

    On This Day: May 12, 1982 - Attempted Bayonet Attack on Pope John Paul II Foiled in Portugal

    On this day May 12, 1982, security guards in Portugal successfully prevented an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II during a religious procession outside the Shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima. The attacker, Juan María Fernández y Krohn, a defrocked Spanish priest, tried to stab the pope...
  6. On This Day: May 11, 1985 - Bradford City Stadium Fire Claims 56 Lives

    On This Day: May 11, 1985 - Bradford City Stadium Fire Claims 56 Lives

    On May 11, 1985, tragedy struck during a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City when a fire broke out at Valley Parade Stadium in Bradford, England. What began as a small flame under the wooden stands quickly turned into a massive blaze, engulfing the main stand within minutes. The fire...
  7. On This Day: May 11, 1981 - Bob Marley Passes Away at Age 36

    On This Day: May 11, 1981 - Bob Marley Passes Away at Age 36

    On this day May 11, 1981, the world lost a musical legend when Bob Marley passed away at the age of 36 from complications related to skin cancer. As the voice of reggae, Marley brought Jamaican music and Rastafarian culture to a global stage, spreading messages of peace, resistance, and unity...
  8. On This Day: May 9, 1988 - New Parliament House Officially Opens in Canberra

    On This Day: May 9, 1988 - New Parliament House Officially Opens in Canberra

    On this day May 9, 1988, the New Parliament House in Canberra was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The event marked a major moment in Australian history, celebrating the bicentenary of European settlement and symbolizing a modern era of governance. The building replaced the Old...
  9. On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse in Tampa, Florida

    On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse in Tampa, Florida

    On this day May 9, 1980, a tragic event unfolded in Tampa, Florida, when the cargo freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a support column of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a violent thunderstorm. The impact caused a 1,400 foot section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa...
  10. On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Norco Bank Robbery Leads to Massive Shootout and Pursuit

    On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Norco Bank Robbery Leads to Massive Shootout and Pursuit

    On this day May 9, 1980, five heavily armed gunmen held up a Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, triggering one of the most violent police shootouts and car chases in California history. Armed with assault rifles, homemade explosives, and military gear, the robbers engaged in a fierce...
  11. On This Day: May 8, 1984 - Denis Lortie Opens Fire at the Quebec National Assembly

    On This Day: May 8, 1984 - Denis Lortie Opens Fire at the Quebec National Assembly

    On this day May 8, 1984, Corporal Denis Lortie of the Canadian Armed Forces entered the Quebec National Assembly building in Quebec City and opened fire, killing three people and wounding thirteen others. The attack occurred before the day's session had begun, sparing the lives of many members...
  12. On This Day: May 8, 1988 - Hinsdale Fire Triggers Major Telecommunications Disaster

    On This Day: May 8, 1988 - Hinsdale Fire Triggers Major Telecommunications Disaster

    On this day May 8, 1988, a fire broke out at Illinois Bell's central switching office in Hinsdale, Illinois, causing what would later be described as the worst telecommunications disaster in U.S. telephone industry history. The blaze severely damaged crucial switching equipment and brought down...
  13. On This Day: May 8, 1980 - WHO Declares Smallpox Eradicated

    On This Day: May 8, 1980 - WHO Declares Smallpox Eradicated

    On this day May 8, 1980, the World Health Organization officially declared that smallpox had been eradicated, marking one of the greatest achievements in medical history. Once one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity, smallpox killed millions over centuries and left survivors with...
  14. On This Day: May 6, 1983 - The Hitler Diaries Exposed as a Hoax

    On This Day: May 6, 1983 - The Hitler Diaries Exposed as a Hoax

    On this day May 6, 1983, the infamous Hitler Diaries were officially revealed to be a hoax. The supposed personal journals of Adolf Hitler had been published by a German magazine and gained international attention, with media outlets and historians eager to uncover their contents. Just weeks...
  15. On This Day: May 5, 1987 - Iran Contra Hearings Begin in the United States

    On This Day: May 5, 1987 - Iran Contra Hearings Begin in the United States

    On May 5, 1987, the congressional hearings into the Iran Contra affair officially began in Washington D.C., putting one of the decade’s biggest political scandals in the national spotlight. The hearings were broadcast live and investigated the covert sale of arms to Iran and the illegal...
  16. On This Day: May 5, 1985 - President Reagan Speaks at Bergen-Belsen

    On This Day: May 5, 1985 - President Reagan Speaks at Bergen-Belsen

    On May 5, 1985, President Ronald Reagan delivered a solemn speech at the site of the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in West Germany. His visit came during a controversial trip that also included a stop at a German military cemetery in Bitburg, but at Bergen-Belsen, the tone was reverent...
  17. On This Day: May 5, 1980 - SAS Ends the Iranian Embassy Siege in London

    On This Day: May 5, 1980 - SAS Ends the Iranian Embassy Siege in London

    On May 5, 1980, British Special Air Service forces stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, ending a tense six day hostage crisis. The siege began when six armed men took 26 hostages inside the embassy, demanding autonomy for Iran’s Khuzestan Province. The standoff gripped the UK and was broadcast...
  18. On This Day: May 5, 1981 - Bobby Sands Dies After 66 Day Hunger Strike

    On This Day: May 5, 1981 - Bobby Sands Dies After 66 Day Hunger Strike

    On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands died at the age of 27 in a prison hospital after a 66 day hunger strike. A member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, Sands was imprisoned in Northern Ireland's Maze Prison for firearms possession and became the central figure in a hunger strike protesting the...
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  19. On This Day: May 4, 1988 - PEPCON Explosion Rocks Henderson, Nevada

    On This Day: May 4, 1988 - PEPCON Explosion Rocks Henderson, Nevada

    On May 4, 1988, a massive explosion occurred at the PEPCON chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada, where ammonium perchlorate used for space shuttle fuel was being stored. The disaster killed 2 people, injured 372 others, and caused over 100 million dollars in property damage. The explosion was so...
  20. On This Day: May 2, 1986 - The City of Chernobyl Is Evacuated

    On This Day: May 2, 1986 - The City of Chernobyl Is Evacuated

    On May 2, 1986, six days after the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the city of Chernobyl was officially evacuated. While the nearby town of Pripyat had been evacuated on April 27, the full evacuation of surrounding areas including the city of Chernobyl itself took...
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