Historical Events in May, Month of May Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2020 | The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. |
| May 28, 1999 | In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. |
| May 8, 1942 | World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. |
| May 17, 1814 | Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian. |
| May 12, 1191 | Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus; |
| May 29, 1807 | Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. |
| May 4, 1814 | Emperor Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile. |
| May 31, 1941 | Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II. |
| May 4, 1871 | The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana. |
| May 13, 1958 | May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. |
| May 25, 1968 | The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated. |
| May 17, 1673 | Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. |
| May 29, 1918 | Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. |
| May 4, 2014 | Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya. |
| May 27, 1798 | The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia. |
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