On this day in history.

2005 Labour, under Tony Blair, won a historic third term in Government
 
1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire
 
1955 West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
 
1982 Two Sea Harriers of No.801 NAS flying from HMS Invincible go missing in atrocious weather, presumably lost due to collision in poor visibility.
 
1536 Henry VIII ordered that English language Bibles be placed in every church.
 
1954 Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes
 
1966 'Moors murderers' Ian Brady and Myra Hindley found guilty at Chester Crown Court.
 
1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods
 
1941 Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov
 
1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and one on the ground
 
1915 The Cunard liner Lusitania, bound for Liverpool, was torpedoed by a German submarine
 
1945 General Jodl, German Army Chief of Staff, signed his name on documents that formally ended the war in Europe
 
1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite, first of three patents he receives for the explosive
 
1952 The concept of the integrated circuit is first published by Geoffrey Dummer
 
this is a fun one!

Stock market tumble on May 5, 1893, triggers Panic of 1893, sending King County and the Puget Sound region into a four-year depression.​

Which resulted in the preservation of many vintage buildings here in Port Townsend, giving it the look that made it the tourist mecca it is today!
 
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20 year old Mhairi Black became Westminster’s youngest MP since 1667 when she won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat for the Scottish National Party in the General Election.
 
1968
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Gangster twins Reginald and Ronnie Kray and their brother Charlie were arrested after dawn raids by police in London.
 
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The highest county cricket championship innings score, 887, was achieved by Yorkshire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
 
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English pirate Captain Kidd went on trial at the Old Bailey in London. After being found guilty of piracy he was hanged.
 
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Charles II was proclaimed King of England after the death of Oliver Cromwell.
 
1902 Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 people and leaving only two survivors
 
1945 V-E Day: World War II ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender
 
1980 World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated
 
Not knowing much about cricket, I wonder how long did it take?
This would be a good trivia thread question. My guess is about two months.

I also don't know anything about cricket except for a UK game I went to in my 20s and sat in the grass backfield drinking beers on a picnic blanket. Still not sure how it works.
 
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1974 The U.S. House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings in the impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon.
 
1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England is ratified at Windsor. The treaty guarantees the mutual security of both nations and strengthens commercial ties. It is the oldest diplomatic alliance still in force.
 
1865 President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring that armed resistance in the South is at an end, the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
 
1941 British intelligence at Bletchley Park first breaks the Enigma cypher.
 
1671 Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Despite being caught red-handed, he was pardoned by King Charles II.
 
1904 Great Western Railway locomotive City of Truro became the first steam engine to exceed 100 mph.
 
1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England is ratified at Windsor. The treaty guarantees the mutual security of both nations and strengthens commercial ties. It is the oldest diplomatic alliance still in force.
Thanks. I've several times heard about that's being the oldest alliance but had never known when it began.
 

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