American singer, pianist, actor
American actor, singer, producer
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress
Welsh/American scientist, co-invented the microphone
Irish/American actor, singer, producer
Malian politician, 1st President of Mali
Moldovan opera singer
Belgian guitarist, composer
American puppeteer, director, producer, founded The Company
American actor, singer, dancer
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history. The crossing from New York State, USA to Lisbon, Portugal on a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat took 19 days.
Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne D'arc, is canonized a saint.
The Oscars are awarded for the first time. The first Academy Awards were presented at a private dinner with about 270 attendees. Today, it is the world's most important entertainment awards ceremony.
No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.
The first of over 180,000 Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Theodore Maiman fires the first functional laser. The American physicist's invention, an advancement of earlier research by scientists in the U.S. and the Soviet Union, was patented in 1967.
The publication of the May 16 notification marks the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China. The political campaign, initiated by Mao Zedong, lasted ten years and aimed to strengthen communism by removing capitalist, traditional, and cultural elements from Chinese society.
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to conquer Mount Everest, 22 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit.
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing and formally end a 30-year rift.
Human stem cells are successfully cloned, offering new possibilities for medical research and treatment.