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 26, 1644 | Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo. |
| May 8, 1899 | The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play. |
| May 4, 1998 | A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. |
| May 2, 1906 | Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. |
| May 1, 1885 | The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business. |
| May 7, 1991 | A fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killing 26. |
| May 21, 1946 | Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| May 24, 1958 | United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. |
| May 10, 1961 | Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. |
| May 23, 2015 | At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma. |
| May 4, 2014 | Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya. |
| May 30, 1416 | The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy. |
| May 14, 1980 | Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador. |
| May 3, 1952 | The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network. |
| May 6, 1972 | Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order. |
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