Historical Events in May, Month of May Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 21, 2000 | Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
| May 7, 1960 | Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. |
| May 18, 2005 | A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. |
| May 19, 1749 | King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River. |
| May 20, 1520 | Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination. |
| May 10, 1969 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. |
| May 1, 1844 | Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established. |
| May 30, 1982 | Cold War: Spain joins NATO. |
| May 1, 1886 | Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries. |
| May 17, 1875 | Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75). |
| May 25, 1644 | Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing. |
| May 19, 1911 | Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. |
| May 7, 1920 | Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later. |
| May 25, 1925 | Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee. |
| May 6, 1996 | The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. |
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