On this day.............

[veggiechicken]

Post anything special that happened/will happen on the day.

It can be folklore, superstition, weather, astronomy, gardening advice or your own special occasion.

One liners are fine

For example:-
May 15th - Feast Day of Dympna, patron saint of the insane

[seasprout]

May 16th.
1943 Operation Chastise began, when No. 617 Squadron RAF began the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs after a previous lesser known attempt using rubber chickens failed.

[Nicos]

1527 Florence became a republic.

Did she now?...was it painful

[Cadalot]

This day in 1920 Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.

Here last words were apparently "Lordy Lordy my bums on fire!"

[Jay-ell]

May 16th 1568 Mary Queen Of Scotland crossed the Solway Firth into England by fishing boat as sought refuge in England from her cousin Queen Elizabeth I

[Jay22]

1770 Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France. 1928...the first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood.

[Miss Mousetrousers]

1891 - George A Hormel and Co. introduced Spam before Turing made it possible not to ring! Thanks to Monty Python, we now know it's something to eat with micro-chips!
1911 - The remains of a Neanderthal man were found on Jersey in the Channel Islands. That swim took a heck of a long time!
1920 - The Spanish bullfighter Joselito was fatally gored when he fought his last bull. If he'd gone for double 20, 16 and double 2, his wife wouldn't have thrown her darts in a temper and actually hit the target.

[vixylix]

I feel there might be some goooooogling going on here

[veggiechicken]

Country wisdom -
In the middle of May comes the tail of winter.

[veggiechicken]

May 17th

May 17th is the National Day of Norway. Its also Norwegian Children's Day when they can eat as much ice cream as they like!

1916 - the Daylight Saving Act (Summer time) was passed in Britain. - and we've been discussing its merits ever since!

[Lumpy]

1803 - patent of the reaping machine.

The start of the movement from the land into industrial occupations.

[Jay22]

1885 Geronimo escapes Arizona reservation again. Last Native American to surrender

1973 Televised Watergate hearings begin