May 23, 2013 |
On this day – May 23, 1934 – Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
May 20, 2013 |
On this Day – May 21, 1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh flew “The Spirit of St. Louis” out of Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20. He landed his single-engine monoplane at Le Bourget Airfield [...]
May 16, 2013 |
Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India travel to the the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the Urs festival in Ajmer, India for the annual festival, marking the death anniversary of Sufi Muslim saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.(AP)
May 15, 2013 |
Each year re-enactors descend on Gettysburg to mark the anniversary of the battle. They shun modern conveniences in search of historical accuracy and a sense of what life was really like during the Civil War.
May 14, 2013 |
Frank Sinatra is was one of world’s best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. Dubbed “The Voice”, “Sultan of Swoon” and “Swoonatra,” Frank Sinatra presided at the birth of Pop Hysteria when 25,000 fans rioted at the Paramount Theater on October 12, 1944. The original “american idol” his career [...]
May 14, 2013 |
Our Lady of Fatima commemoration at the Fatima Sanctuary, in Fatima, center Portugal, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Every year on May 12 and 13, thousands of Catholic faithfuls pilgrimage to Fatima’s Sanctuary where it is believed the Virgin Mary was witnessed by three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco on May 13, 1917. (AP)
May 13, 2013 |
On this day – May 13, 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.(AP, Wikipedia)
May 10, 2013 |
Recent self portraits and other space oddities from Mars rover Curiosity. (NASA)
May 08, 2013 |
Just a few years ago Gulf Arab women usually only felt comfortable showing off their fashion sense at ladies-only parties or family gatherings. In public, at least in their home countries, the standard all-black abaya _ a simple floor-length covering and accompanying head scarf _ was the only culturally accepted option. But now a new [...]
May 06, 2013 |
On this day – May 6, 1937 – The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
A view of the last 24 hours in pictures from around the world as seen by the photographers of the Associated Press.
The 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France May 2013. (AP)
Every year, inhabitants of Ndande, Senegal take part in a Sufi Muslim ceremony called Gamou-Ndande, combining night
