I’m sure every month and every day has a myriad of moments to remember, honor and think about, but this idea just popped in my head this month, so we’ll start off with the historical moments of May in rhyme.
May 1st
In 1707, the Acts of Unions comes into force
England and Scotland married, still no divorce
New York City (1931) sets the highest standard
As the Empire State building is anchored
May 2nd
Anne Boleyn is arrested in 1536 with reason
Accused of incest, adultery, and treason
More than 350 Argentine men killed on a cruiser in 1982
Another unfortunate Falklands War rendezvous
May 3rd
In 1374 BC the sun disappeared in the day
A solar eclipse saw Mars come out to play
Another Maritime loss of life from a German ship in 1945
The Cap Arcona with 5800 sunk, no longer alive
May 4th
Although in some states the death penalty goes on today
In 1846 the state of Michigan threw it away
Another piece of history, the first UK woman prime minister
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher came to administer
May 5th
Chistopher Columbus sights Jamaica on voyage number two
He landed at Discovery Bay in 1494 with his crew
The day of the perfume happened with Chanel No. 5
1941 saw Coco Chanel’s modern perfume thrive
May 6th
After 200 years when the idea was first let out of the bag
In 1994 The Channel Tunnel completion waved its flag
And 1840 sees the world’s first adhesive postage stamp in the UK
As the Penny Black begins its rounds, unaware of its value one day
May 7th
The English siege of Orleans is broken by Joan of Arc
Its 1429, with the French Army inspired by her spark
German surrender is signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims
In 1945, a significant signature of our recent times
May 8th
The first installment of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
And 1835 sees the world finding out about the Emperor’s wails!
1980 sees no more cases of smallpox on the earth
Announces the World Health Organisation with mirth
May 9th
Woodrow Wilson celebrates Mother’s Day in 1914
And every year since, we all have been
1960 saw the legalization of the birth control pill
The US saw a curb on the population refill
May 10th
Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president
1994, sees his inspiration step up into the ascent
Marvel Comics gives a glimpse of the Incredible Hulk
As on this day in 1962, they unleash his bulk
May 11th
Constantinople becomes the capital in 330
Of the Roman Empire, a place by the Black Sea
In the year 2000, India reaches a population of 1 billion
Astha Asora the named child, better than 1 in a million
May 12th
I bet the first fully automatic programmable working computer
Introduced in 1941 was not suitable for a commuter
Natural disaster abound in 2008 when an earthquake shook
Sichuan China to the core with the mighty toll it took
May 13th
Arthur Phillips and his ship of convicts land on the shores
And to British colonization, in 1787 Australia opens its doors
The famous words "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat"
Are said by Winston Churchill in 1940 in a time of turbulence and threat
May 14th
In 1607 there was the first permanent English settlement
In Jamestown, Virginia - a New World betterment
It is 1948 and Israel decides to go it alone
English administration out the window is thrown.
May 15th
The first McDonalds opens in California in 1940
With it the unfortunate trend of fast food for tea
The first baseball enclosure opens in 1862
In Union Grounds, Brooklyn to go to
Pictures: Pixabay.com
Source: OnThisDay.com
