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May 25In 1977, the hugely popular action movie Star Wars is released in US cinemas. In 2008, NASA’s Phoenix lander lands in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life. |
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May 26Until the end of this week at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art on Boromrachonanee Road, see Home Appliances, an exhibition by Amarin Buppasiri that combines images of lonely children with household objects. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 1897, Dracula, a novel by the Irish author Bram Stoker, is published for the first time. |
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May 27Happy Birthday to English singer-songwriter and lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie Sioux (1957). In 1986, Dragon Quest, the game credited as pioneering role-playing video games, is released in Japan. |
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May 28In 1937, German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen is founded. In 1999, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting The Last Supper is put back on display in Milan, Italy. |
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May 29In 1969, popular American folk rock group Crosby, Stills & Nash release their self-titled debut album. In 1914, after colliding with a Norwegian cargo ship, the ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, killing 1,024 people onboard. |
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May 30Today and tomorrow, enjoy live music and shopping for T-shirts at the annual Cat T-shirt Festival. Live acts will include 25 Hours, Stoodio, Ten to Twelve, Aire, Slur, Superbaker, Paradox, The Parkinson, Sqweez Animal, Polycat and many more from 11 am till late at Makkasan Airport Rail Link Station. Tickets are 300 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1998, a huge earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing around 5,000 people. |
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May 31Birthday wishes go out to American model and actress Brooke Shields (1965). It’s the last day at Ardel’s Third Place Gallery on Sukhumvit 63 to see Bizarre Land, a photography exhibition by Charit Pusiri that explores recklessness and indifference in Thai society. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, call 02 422 2092. |
