John D Ruddy

June 11th 1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVK... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #vitenamwar #vietnam #coldwar #saigon #buddhism #monk

June 11th 980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
FULL VIDEO ON UKRAINE HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57g4... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ukraine #kyiv #crimea #kievanrus #easterneurope

And now I’m singing “Taco Taco Man!” To the tune of Macho Man :D

June 10th 1916 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. FULL VIDEO ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7iA... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #israel #palestine #arabrevolt #arab #mecca #laurenceofarabia

June 9th 1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. FULL VIDEO ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7iA... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #israel #palestine #syria #golanheights #occupiedterritories #occupiedpalestine

June 8th 1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning his crusade. FULL VIDEO ON MONARCHS OF ENGLAND HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t33... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #england #monarchy #royalfamily #lionheart #holylands #acre #crusades #crusade #crusader #jerusalem #israel #palestine

June 7th 1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. FULL VIDEO ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7iA... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #israel #palestine #crusades #jerusalem #middleeast #christianwarrior #crusader

June 6th 1968 –Robert F Kennedy dies after being shot in an LA hotel while running for the Democratic presidential candidacy. FULL VIDEO ON US PRESIDENTS : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #robertfkennedy #rfk #democrats #assassination

June 6th 1944 –Commencement of Operation Overlord,the Allied invasion of Normandy—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXty... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww2 #dday #normandy #normandylandings #liberation #overlord #beach #omaha

June 5th 1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7iA... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #israel #egypt #palestine #sixdaywar #middleeast

June 5th 1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out. FULL VIDEO ON WW1 HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7N-... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww1 #arab #arabrevolt #ottoman #laurenceofarabia #palestine #freepalestine

June 4th 1940 – The Dunkirk evacuation ends. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXty... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww2 #winstonchurchill #churchill

June 3rd 1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #coldwar #spacerace #nasa #spacewalk

June 2nd 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, the first major international event to be televised. #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #thecrown #coronation #queenelizabeth #qe2 #thequeen

June 1st 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom FULL VIDEO ON WAR OF 1812 HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFJ... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #warof1812 #usa #canada #war #congress

And we’re live for the May Livestream!! www.youtube.com/live/Sjc9TTm...

May 31st 1916 – Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7N-...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww1 #jutland #battleofjutland #rulebritannia #britain #germany #navy

May 30th 1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #lincoln #lincolnmemorial #washingtondc

May 29th 1867 – The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (“the Compromise”) is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #austria #hungary #austriahungary #vienna #budapest

May 28th 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #henryviii #archbishop #canterbury #anneboleyn #sorrynotsorry #sixthemusical

May 27th 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #russia #stpetersburg #peterthegreat #tsar

May 26th 1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #tsarnicholasii #romanov #russia

May 25th 1961 – John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #nasa #jfk #moon

May 24th 1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. FULL VIDEO ON IRISH HISTORY HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXV5...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #irish #irishrepublic #rebllion1798 #wexford #enniscorthy #wolfetone

May 23rd1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #henryviii #catherineofaragon #anneboleyn #divorce #reformation #catholic #anglican #sixthemusical

May 22 2017 – US President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #trump #israel #jerusalem #palestine

May 21st 1966 – The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. FULL VIDEO ON IRISH HISTORY HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXV5...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #irish #northernireland #uvf #loyalist #unionist

May 20th 1956 - In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #coldwar #bikini #pacific #nuclearwar

May 20th 1940 – The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. FULL VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXty...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww2 #holocaust #auschwitz #poland #germany #warcrimes

May 19th 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday": www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #usa #potus #presidents #marilynmonroe #happybirthday #jfk

May 18th 1152 – The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t33... (part 2) #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #england #monarchy #royalfamily #normans #henryii #aquitaine #eleanorofaquitaine #thelioninwinter #plantagenet

May 17th 1900 – The children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is first published. #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #wizardofoz #followtheyellobrickroad #wicked #cinema

May 16th 1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #coldwar #oscars #academyawards #hollywood #movies #cinema

May 15th 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. FULL VIDEO ON COLD WAR HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY__... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #coldwar #afghanistan #sovietunion #graveyardofempires

May 14th 1961 – A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIZ... (part 2)
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #civilrights #blm #alabama

May 13th 1940 - World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXtyolJszls
#onthisday #history
#mannymandoeshistory #ww2 #france #germany #invasion #donttrustfascists

May 12th 1916 – The initial execution of Easter Rising leaders ends with the execution of Sean Mac Diarmada and James Connolly. FULL VIDEO ON EASTER RISING HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT8u... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #easterrising #execution #seanmacdiarmada #jamesconnolly

May 11th 1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops FULL www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIZ... (part 2) #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #civilrights #blm #birmingham #alabama

May 10th 1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzHn...
#onthisday #history #usa #america #revolution #boston

May 9th 1974 – Watergate scandal: The USHouse Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu3K...
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #nixon #watergate #whitehouse #potus #coverup #impeachment #congress

May 8th 1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers under the Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing 9: www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVK... #onthisday #history #vietnamwar #vietnam #coldwar #massacre #protest #buddhistcrisis

May 7th 1915 – German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. : www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7N-... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww1 #lusitania #sinkingofthelusitania #uboat #germany #britain #uk #ireland #kinsale #cork

May 6th 1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd4a... #onthisday #history #lgbtq #gayliberation #transrights #pride #gaypride #berlin #germany #bookburning #magnushirschfeld #jkrowling

So true

May 5th 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. : www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXV5... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #irish #bobbysands #hungerstrikers #hungerstrike #longkesh #maze #belfast #northernireland

May 4th 1814 – Emperor Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile. FULL VIDEO ON NAPOLEONIC WARS HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFJ... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #france #napoleon #bonaparte #elba #exile #defeat #illbeback

May 3rd 1916 – Executions of the Easter Rising leaders begin FULL VIDEO ON EASTER RISING HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT8u... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ireland #easterrising #executions #pearse #clarke #mcdonagh #firingsquad #execution #britain

May 2nd 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #canada #hbc #furtrade #thespicemustflow #hudsonsbaycompany #eastindiacompany