Historical Events in May, Month of May Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 20, 1948 | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing. |
| May 22, 1520 | The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish. |
| May 5, 1640 | King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. |
| May 12, 1588 | French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs. |
| May 23, 1498 | Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. |
| May 3, 1791 | The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| May 20, 1989 | The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. |
| May 28, 1998 | Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. |
| May 5, 1987 | Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America |
| May 7, 1930 | The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed. |
| May 4, 1961 | Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km). |
| May 21, 1982 | Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos. |
| May 9, 1915 | World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. |
| May 31, 1977 | The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed. |
| May 23, 1846 | Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. |
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