26th May to 1st June

26th May
1972   The USA and USSR sign the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty

27th May
1905   Battle of Tsu-Shima, Japanese destroy Russian fleet
1940   Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk begins
1941   Bismarck attacked and sunk by Royal Navy
1982   2 Para set off for Goose Green

28th May
585BC Battle of the Eclipse, an eclipse ends the battle between Medes and Lydians
1588   Spanish Armada starts to leave from Lisbon
1982    Battle of Goose Green commences as 2 Para attack the Argentinians

29th May
1453   Byzantine Empire ends with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans
1660   Charles II restored to the thone
1982   A British Sea Harrier was lost when it slid off HMS Invincible in bad weather

30th May
1431   Joan of Arc burnt at the stake by the English
1588   Last of 130 ships of the Spanish Armada leaves Lisbon
1982   Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO

31st May
1864   Battle of Cold Harbor begins
1916   Battle of Jutland, the German High Seas Fleet met the British Grand Fleet
1982   42 Commando land on Mount Kent, Falkland Islands

1st June
1939   Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf FW-190
1941   Last Allied troops surrender of Crete to the German Airborne forces