May 20, 1927: Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.

• May 20, 1978: Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.
• May 20, 1996: In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.
• More events from This Day in History: May 20
• May 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded.
• May 19, 1928: The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
• May 19, 1935: British author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
• More events from This Day in History: May 19
• May 18, 1896: The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
• May 18, 1953: Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
• May 18, 1974: India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
• More events from This Day in History: May 18
• May 17, 1875: The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.
• May 17, 1938: NBC aired the Information Please quiz show on the radio for the first time.
• May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.
• More events from This Day in History: May 17
• May 16, 1770: Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.
• May 16, 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
• May 16, 1946: The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
• More events from This Day in History: May 16
• May 15, 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.
• May 15, 1940: Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
• May 15, 1972: Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.
• More events from This Day in History: May 15
• May 14, 1904: The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 14, 1948: British rule in Palestine came to an end as The Jewish National Council proclaimed the State of Israel. Within hours, Israel was under attack from Arab forces.
• May 14, 1955: The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries. It finally dissolved in 1991.
• More events from This Day in History: May 14
• May 13, 1938: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.
• May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.

May 20: James Stewart

1908–1997, American actor, born in Indiana, Pa. See biography and links to other people born today...

• May 19: Malcolm X
• May 18: John Paul II
• May 17: Ayatollah Khomeini
• May 16: William Seward
• May 15: Pierre Curie
• May 14: George Lucas
• May 13: Joe Louis
• May 12: Florence Nightingale
• May 11: Salvador Dali
• May 10: John Wilkes Booth
• May 9: John Brown
• May 8: Harry S. Truman
• May 7: Edwin H. Land
• May 6: Robert Peary
• May 6: Karl Marx
• May 4: Audrey Hepburn
• May 3: Niccolo Machiavelli
• May 2: Catherine the Great
• May 1: Arthur Wellesley
• Apr 30: Franz Lehár
• Apr 29: William Randolph Hearst
• Apr 28: James Monroe
• Apr 27: Ulysses S. Grant
• Apr 26: John James Audubon
• Apr 25: Ella Fitzgerald
• Apr 24: Robert Penn Warren
• Apr 23: William Shakespeare
• Apr 22: Isabella I
• Apr 21: Queen Elizabeth II

London sheriffs' court roll

An edition of the court roll for 1320 is now live. Edited by Dr Matthew F. Stevens, it gives a complete edition and index of London's only surviving such roll for the medieval period, for July-Sept 1320. It was produced as part of the Centre for Metropolitan History ESRC-funded 'London women and the economy before and after the black death' project (2009-10).

• Usability test for BHO and ReScript
• Site changes
• Usability test for British History Online
• Survey of London monographs
• New datasets for London history now live
• New video tutorials available
• Four more Somerset volumes live
• London Record Society
• Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714
• Five more House of Lords journals
• Thoroton's history of Nottinghamshire now complete
• New Ordnance Survey Map Function
• Blomefield's History of Norfolk
• Rymer's Foedera With Syllabus
• Calendar of Papal Registers Now Complete
• Easier Annotation
• Calendar of Treasury Books now complete
• Parliament Rolls of Medieval England now online
• 10 volumes of the Journal of the House of Lords
• New volumes for VCH Wiltshire
• Lincolnshire wills
• Suckling's History and Antiquities of Suffolk
• Calendar of State Papers, Colonial now complete
• New Timeline Function on BHO
• Cecil Papers
• Six Volumes of Papal Documents
• British History Online user survey
• New sources for the history of Norwich
• Calendar of Papers Preserved in France

An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 3 - Roman London

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey, entirely dedicated to Roman remains in London.

• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 5 - Archaeology and Churches in Northampton
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 6 - Archaeological Sites in North Northamptonshire
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 2 - Archaeological sites in Central Northamptonshire
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 3 - Archaeological sites in North-West Northamptonshire
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 4 - Archaeological sites in South-West Northamptonshire
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 1 - Archaeological sites in North-East Northamptonshire
• An inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire
• An inventory of the historical monuments in Huntingdonshire
• An inventory of the historical monuments in Middlesex
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire, Volume 1 - South
• An inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire, Volume 2 - North
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 1 - South West
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 2 - East
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 3 - North West
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 2 - Central and South West
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 4 - South East
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 1 - Westminster Abbey
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 4 - The City
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 1 - North West
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 3 - North East
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 2 - West London
• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 5 - East London
• Survey of London: volume 46 - South and East Clerkenwell
• Survey of London: volume 47 - Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville
• Journal of the House of Lords volume 34 - 1774-1776
• Journal of the House of Lords volume 31 - 1765-1767
• Journal of the House of Lords volume 32 - 1768-1770

Cold War Revision: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe

An updated audio revision guide which provides an overview of collapse of Communist control over Eastern Europe. Covers Solidarity in Poland and the impact of Gorbachev's reforms.

• Germany 1919-1945: The Weimar Republic
• Cold War Revision: The Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cold War Revision: The Origins of the Cold War
• IGCSE History: CIE Paper 2 (German Involvement in the Spanish Civil War)
• IGCSE History: CIE Paper 4 (Alternative to coursework)
• Cold War Revision: Hungary 1956 and Czechoslovakia 1968
• IGCSE History: CIE Paper 2 (Sources)
• American Involvement in Vietnam
• The Road to War
• League of Nations: The 1930s
• Paper 1 Exam Tips
• League of Nations: The 1920s
• Exam Skills: How to succeed with sourcework
• British Depth Study: How did women gain the right to vote?
• British Depth Study: How were civilians affected by World War 1?
• VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW: The Cold War
• Germany 1919-1945: The Rise of Hitler
• Nazi Germany: Life in Nazi Germany
• Nazi Germany: How did the Nazis Keep Control?
• International Relations: The Paris Peace Conference
• British Depth Study: Liberal Reforms
• Paper 1 Exam Tips
• League of Nations: The 1920s
• Exam Skills: How to succeed with sourcework
• British Depth Study: How did women gain the right to vote?
• British Depth Study: How were civilians affected by World War 1?
• VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW: The Cold War
• Germany 1919-1945: The Rise of Hitler
• Germany 1919-1945: The Weimar Republic