6th May

1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Elysium:

GUMBY:

Elysium:

05 May

In 1494 Christoher Columbus landed on the island of Jamaica and claimed it for Spain.

Noooooooo!!!!!! Your book is wrong again,i,m afraid.

3rd May 1494.Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica-by mistake!!!! Also,bet you didn,t know this-

He was actually Italian

I got the above information from wikipedia Gumby;

3 rd May -1494 - Christopher Columbus first sights land that will be called Jamaica.

5th - 1494 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain. 

Ha,tis' good that you have dumped the diary Elysium(well,for this thread at least)You are of course right,i too have just checked on wikipedia.However,i didn,t first time round-still pretty damn close recalling from memory tho'I didn,t dispute he claimed it for Spain,(just said he wasn,t Spanish).Always a good question for a pub quiz-What nationality was CC?

Over here in these parts CC stands for Canadian Club, which is Canadian, I think.  Cheers everyone.

7th May

1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded. The company was later renamed Sony.- Sounds familiar!

9th May - just still lol

  1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.

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