On this day - 23rd May

1430  Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians. She was then sold to the English

1827  The first nursery school in the U.S. was established in New York City

1915  During World War I, Italy joined the Allies as they declared war on Austria-Hungary

1934  In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.

1960  Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

1995  The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was demolished

On this day - 16th May

1770   Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

1881   In Germany the first electric tram for the public started service.

1920   Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome

1960   A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the American U-2 spy plane incident.

1969   Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus.

1997  In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko gave control of the country to rebel forces ending 32 years of autocratic rule.