Historical Events in May, Month of May Events
Here is a list of some historical events in May. You can learn What major event happened in May?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 24, 1935 | The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field. |
| May 6, 2013 | Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. |
| May 2, 1952 | A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg. |
| May 17, 1980 | General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. |
| May 20, 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory. |
| May 23, 2021 | A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people. |
| May 6, 1835 | James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald. |
| May 24, 1982 | Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. |
| May 7, 1824 | World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision. |
| May 30, 2003 | Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards. |
| May 26, 1736 | The Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia. |
| May 30, 1635 | Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed. |
| May 3, 1855 | American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. |
| May 23, 1498 | Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. |
| May 4, 1994 | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. |
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