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On this day May 26 - June 1, 2024 (week 22)
May 26, 2024 - June 1, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features the last of the great Mughal emperors, the Globe theatre in London, the Millau viaduct in southern France, the capture of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest four-faced chiming clock - London’s Big Ben, and the Doomsday Clock.
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May 26, 1659: Aurangzeb, sixth and last of the great Mughal emperors, formally ascended the throne. The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent during his 49-year reign
May 27, 1997: A reconstruction of the Globe theatre opened in London with Shakespeare’s Henry V, some 400 years after the play was first staged at the original Globe
May 28, 2004: The Millau viaduct in southern France, the world’s highest road bridge, was completed
May 29, 1453: An Ottoman army commanded by 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, after a 53-day siege
May 30, 1989: Pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square erected a 10m styrofoam statue, the Goddess of Democracy, as a symbol of their ongoing struggle
May 31, 1859: The world’s largest four-faced chiming clock, London’s Big Ben, began telling the time. Its bell’s instantly recognisable “Bong” was first heard some weeks later
June 1, 1947: The Doomsday Clock, intended to show how close humanity was to catastrophic destruction, first appeared on the cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists