THIS DAY IN UNEXPLAINED HISTORY
©Copyrighted by Dave Ayotte & Caty Bergman
To read more about a specific event, click on that event:
(not every day in the month has an "on this day in history" event
--but I'm working on it)
May
May 1st
1897: MURDER/ MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE (Louisa Luetgert) - Chicago, IL USA
May 2nd
1970: First Lady Jockey Rides In Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) - KY USA
May 3rd
1943: Seeing The Inside Of A Tornado (Roy Hall) - McKinney, Texas USA
May 4th
1626: Peter Minuit Lands On Manhattan Island - New York, New York USA
May 5th
1786: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Black eggs) - Port-au-Prince, HAITI
1904: Cy Young Pitches The Third Perfect Game In Baseball History - USA
May 6th
1897: UFO SIGHTING - Hot Springs, Arkansas USA
1966: Couple Convicted Of The Moors Murders (Myra Hindley And Ian Brady) - Manchester, England
May 7th
1945: Germany Surrenders - Ending World War II In Europe
May 8th
1373: UFO PROPHECY, Continued on May 9th (Lady Julian) - Norwich, England
May 9th
1373: UFO PROPHECY, Continued from May 8th (Lady Julian) - Norwich, England
May 10th
1908: The First Mother's Day Celebrated - WV And PA USA
May 11th
1894: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Turtle, encased in ice) - Bovina And Vicksburg, MS USA
1950: UFO SIGHTING (Photo) - McMinnville, OR USA
May 12th
1951: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES (Wave of) - Vermont's Long Trail, VT USA
May 13th
1917: The Miracle Of Fátima Began Today - A Rural Area Of Fátima In Northern Portugal
May 14th
1976: WILDMAN/ YEMEN SIGHTING - Chunshuya, Hubei Province, China
May 15th
1970: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE (Edward And Stephania Andrews) - Chicago, IL USA
May 16th
1975: First Woman To Reach The Summit Of Mount Everest - Mount Everest
May 17th
1552: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Half-pound hailstones) - Dordrecht, Holland
1792: NYSE Founded (Under a tree) - Wall Street, New York City, NY USA
May 18th
1980: Mount St. Helens Explodes - Mount St. Helens, Washington USA
May 19th
1969: WILDMAN/ HAIRY BIPED SIGHTING - Rising Sun, Indiana USA
May 20th
1937: Amelia Earhart Begins Her Ill-Fated Flight From California (Amelia Earhart And Fred Noonan) - California USA
May 21st
1969: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE (Donald Crowhurst) - Azores
May 22nd
1979: ESP EVENT, Continued on May 25th (David Booth) - Cincinnati, Ohio USA
May 23rd
1966: HAUNTINGS (Haw Branch Plantation) - Amelia, Virginia USA
May 24th
May 25th
1979: ESP EVENT, Continued from May 22nd (David Booth) - Cincinnati, Ohio USA
May 26th
1828: CHILD FROM THE WILD SIGHTING - Nuremburg, Germany
May 27th
1937: The Golden Gate Bride Opens - San Francisco, California USA
May 28th
1881: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Snails and other small shellfish) - Worcester, England
1982: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Money) - Redding, England
May 29th
1990: HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (Boris Yeltsin) - Russia
May 30th
1883: RUMOURED DISASTER CAUSES STAMPEDE (Brooklyn Bridge) - New York City, New York USA
May 31st
1925: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE (Lt. Col. Percy Fawcett) - The Mato Grosso Area In Brazil
1982: SEA SERPENT SIGHTING (Chessie) - Chesapeake Bay, Maryland USA