2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy
Marconi filed a patent application in London for a spark-gap transmitter that generated radio waves and a coherer as a receiver to detect the signals, which was the first patent for a communication system based on radio ...
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1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad
Beginning in May 1946, Ion Antonescu's trial was overseen by the People’s Tribunal in Bucharest that found him guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by firing ...
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31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War
While the British lost 14 ships and over 6,000 personnel, compared to Germany’s 11 ships and 2,500 personnel, the strategic outcome of the Battle of Jutland favoured ...
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30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies
Pearl Hart became a celebrity and acquired the nickname ‘Bandit ...
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29th May 1660: Charles II restored to the English throne, marking the end of over a decade of republican rule
Charles arrived in Dover on 25 May and entered London on 29 May, which was also his 30th birthday. He was welcomed with public celebrations and a general sense of relief, and was formally crowned at Westminster Abbey the following ...
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