On This Day June 1

Four months after Henry VIII married his second wife Anne Boleyn, she was crowned queen on June 1, 1533. Anne's coronation was marked by the people's hostility, and the crowds refused to remove their hats as a sign of respect for their new queen. When asked what she had made of London at her coronation, Anne replied, "I liked the City well-enough, but I saw few caps in the air and heard few tongues."

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On This Day May 31

The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at Ford Motor Company's Piquette Plant in Detroit on September 27, 1908. The Model T was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 ($21,650 today) (the price fell every year) that by the 1920s, a majority of American drivers had learned to drive on the Model T. The last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line on May 31, 1927 after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

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On This Day May 30

On May 30, 1806, future US President Andrew Jackson challenged a rival Southern plantation owner, Charles Dickinson to a duel, after Dickinson accused him of cheating on a horse race bet and insulted his wife. Jackson was shot in the chest, but managed to stay standing and shoot and killed his opponent. The bullet could not be safely removed and remained in his chest for the next 40 years. Jackson was not prosecuted for murder.

Andrew Jackson's famous duel over a horse

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On This Day May 29

French chemist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur married Marie Laurent, the daughter of a local university rector at Strasbourg on May 29, 1849. Marie worked as her husband's active assistant in his scientific experiments and also served as his secretary. The couple had five children, but only two of them survived to adulthood. The other three died of diseases. These personal tragedies strengthened Pasteur’s resolve to find cures for infectious diseases.

Marie Pasteur in 1899

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On This Day May 28

Édouard and André Michelin, ran a rubber factory in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The brothers were enthusiastic about John Dunlop's newly invented pneumatic tyre, and worked on creating their own version, one that did not need to be glued to the rim. Michelin was incorporated on May 28, 1889. Michelin took out its first patent for a detachable pneumatic tyre on a metal rim, which was used by Charles Terront to win the world's first long distance cycle race, the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris.

An 1898 poster by "O'Galop" of Bibendum, the Michelin Man

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On This Day May 27

The opening ceremony for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California began on May 27, 1937 and lasted for one week. On the first day pedestrian traffic only was allowed and 200,000 people crossed either on foot or on roller skates. It was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day while seated in his Oval Office. He pressed a golden telegraph button to signal the start of vehicle traffic over the span.

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On This Day May 26

White settlers began populating the area that is now the state of Montana from the 1850s. Montana became a United States territory (Montana Territory) on May 26, 1864  and 25 years later President Benjamin Harrison proclaimed Montana the union's 41st state. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges and the state's name is derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain).

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