On May 22, 2017, a joyful night of music turned into one of the most devastating tragedies. The concert was part of Grande’s Dangerous Woman Tour and was completely sold out. Moments after the singer […]
On May 21, 1999, Shemar Moore, a star from the soap opera The Young and the Restless, stood on stage to present the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Actress. Right before announcing the winner, he […]
On May 20, 2007, the longest-running sitcom and the longest-running scripted prime-time television series in U.S. history, The Simpsons, aired its 400th episode. The milestone episode, titled “You Kent Always Say What You Want,” was […]
Grace Beverly Jones, born on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, is a world-famous singer, model, and actress known for her bold, sharp style and powerful personality. She became a major cultural icon in […]
On the morning of May 18, 1980, one of the most powerful natural disasters hit the Pacific Northwest. Mount St. Helens, a snow-capped peak in the Cascade Range of Washington, erupted with a force that […]
On the morning of May 17, 1973, what began as a third-rate burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex had spiraled into a massive political crisis. The Watergate Hearings’ mission was […]
On May 16, 1985, three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner, and Jonathan Shanklin, published a paper in the journal Nature, revealing a massive, seasonal depletion of the ozone layer […]
America’s first female secretary of state, Madeleine Albright. Born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia Her father, Josef Korbel, was a Czech diplomat, which forced the family to flee twice. First, […]
Often called the Speckled monster, Smallpox was one of the most terrifying diseases known to humanity. In 18th-century Europe alone, the disease killed an estimated 400,000 people every year, with a staggering fatality rate of […]
On May 13, 1981, the world was shocked by an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. As the Pope moved through a crowd of approximately 20,000 pilgrims in his open-air […]