Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Amsterdam, that took place May 17 - August 12, 1928. The Amsterdam Games were the 9th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games.
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Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was the first to feature the lighting of the Olympic flame.
Coin toss between Turkey national football team and Egypt before the Summer Olympics match ⚽ on May, 1928 @facethenation
On May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate in lunar orbit @facethenation
Apollo 10 transmit the first color pictures of Earth over the Moon @facethenation
Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean (from New York 🇺🇸 to Paris 🇫🇷) on May 21, 1927 @facethenation
Argentinian forces invaded the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands on April 2, 1982.
Argentina had claimed sovereignty over the islands for many years and their ruling military junta did not believe that Britain would attempt to regain the islands by force.
Despite the huge distance involved - the Falklands were 8000 miles away in the South Atlantic - Britain, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, undertook the extraordinary feat of assembling and sending a task force of warships and rapidly refitted merchant ships to the Falklands.
The task force reached the Falklands in early May. On May 2, the Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano, with the loss of over 300 of her crew. After this incident, Argentinian ships remained in port.
However, the Argentinian airforce still posed a significant threat. The Royal Navy lost several warships to attacks from Argentinian aircraft, which were armed with missiles. Its Fleet Auxiliary ships were attacked at Fitzroy and the supply ship Atlantic Conveyor was also sunk.
British forces landed on the islands on May 21. After a series of engagements against a well dug-in but ill-trained conscripted Argentinian Army, they began the battle for Stanley, the islands’ capital on June 11.
Argentinian forces surrendered on June 14, 1982.
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Argentina had claimed sovereignty over the islands for many years and their ruling military junta did not believe that Britain would attempt to regain the islands by force.
Despite the huge distance involved - the Falklands were 8000 miles away in the South Atlantic - Britain, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, undertook the extraordinary feat of assembling and sending a task force of warships and rapidly refitted merchant ships to the Falklands.
The task force reached the Falklands in early May. On May 2, the Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano, with the loss of over 300 of her crew. After this incident, Argentinian ships remained in port.
However, the Argentinian airforce still posed a significant threat. The Royal Navy lost several warships to attacks from Argentinian aircraft, which were armed with missiles. Its Fleet Auxiliary ships were attacked at Fitzroy and the supply ship Atlantic Conveyor was also sunk.
British forces landed on the islands on May 21. After a series of engagements against a well dug-in but ill-trained conscripted Argentinian Army, they began the battle for Stanley, the islands’ capital on June 11.
Argentinian forces surrendered on June 14, 1982.
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British frigate HMS Antelope explodes 💥 in San Carlos Water, off East Falkland, after attacks by the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War, May 24, 1982 @facethenation
Paris students in savage battles - 1968
In May 1968, France was brought to a near standstill by protests that began with students objecting to reform of the university system.
A violent response by the police to the barricades erected around the Sorbonne flared into a much larger confrontation between the state on one side and students and workers on the other. At one point nearly a million protesters marched through Paris to demand the resignation of President Charles de Gaulle.
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In May 1968, France was brought to a near standstill by protests that began with students objecting to reform of the university system.
A violent response by the police to the barricades erected around the Sorbonne flared into a much larger confrontation between the state on one side and students and workers on the other. At one point nearly a million protesters marched through Paris to demand the resignation of President Charles de Gaulle.
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The Atomic Cannon, at 280 mm, was the largest nuclear capable mobile artillery @facethenation