On This Day in History |
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1791 Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, becoming the first modern constitution in Europe. |
 | The Third of May 1808, by Francisco de Goya |
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1808 Day depicted by Spanish painter Francisco Goya in his "The Third of May", painted 1814 |
1926 Britain's Trade Union Congress calls for the country's first ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in support of striking coal miners and lasts 9 days. |
1937 Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for her Novel "Gone With The Wind". |
1945 German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona, laden with prisoners is sunk by the Royal Air Force in the western Baltic Sea, killing 5,800 - one of the largest maritime losses of life in World War II. |
1947 Japan's post-war constitution goes into effect, granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power and outlawing Japan's right to make war. |
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Also Mary Astor, Sugar Ray Robinson and Bobby Cannavale (54). |
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Britain's fist and only General Strike occurred in May 1926 and was quickly defeated by volunteers and a cunning plan by Winston Churchill. |
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