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#OnThisDay 13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone https://t.co/D9HsQffrie #history#OTD 13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone https://t.co/D9HsQffrie #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 12th May 1949: The Soviet Union ends its blockade of West Berlin https://t.co/7v5QXvSpOX #history#OTD 12th May 1949: The Soviet Union ends its blockade of West Berlin https://t.co/7v5QXvSpOX #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 11th May 1981: The musical Cats opens at the New London Theatre in London’s West End https://t.co/ecewQMRwFD #history#OTD 11th May 1981: The musical Cats opens at the New London Theatre in London’s West End https://t.co/ecewQMRwFD #historyteacher#sschat
#OTD 10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government https://t.co/GJrxDK6LPS #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s https://t.co/W67PmtbroM #history#OTD 9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s https://t.co/W67PmtbroM #historyteacher#sschat
#OTD 9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton https://t.co/W67PmtbroM #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a https://t.co/C2SgmdgWFM #history#OTD 8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a https://t.co/C2SgmdgWFM #historyteacher#sschat
#OTD 8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War https://t.co/C2SgmdgWFM #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20 https://t.co/hN5Zm6FxIj #history#OTD 7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20 https://t.co/hN5Zm6FxIj #historyteacher#sschat
#OTD 6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engulfed in flames following a mid-air explosion https://t.co/TIfWCGe3TN #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 5th May 1862: Mexican forces defeat a French army at the https://t.co/DWDrkOnt1m #history#OTD 5th May 1862: Mexican forces defeat a French army at the https://t.co/DWDrkOnt1m #historyteacher#sschat
#OTD 5th May 1862: Mexican forces defeat a French army at the Battle of Puebla, commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo https://t.co/DWDrkOnt1m #historyteacher#sschat
#OnThisDay 4th May 1932: Al Capone begins life as a convict in Atlanta https://t.co/TuMhOJXVnI #history#OTD 4th May 1932: Al Capone begins life as a convict in Atlanta https://t.co/TuMhOJXVnI #historyteacher#sschat