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, 2008 | Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million. |
| May 3, 1951 | London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain. |
| May 20, 1971 | In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus. |
| May 6, 1861 | American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union. |
| May 10, 1997 | The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people. |
| May 28, 1871 | The Paris Commune falls after two months. |
| May 10, 2002 | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. |
| May 1, 2019 | Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. |
| May 18, 1944 | World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. |
| May 25, 1986 | The Hands Across America event takes place. |
| May 25, 2018 | The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union. |
| May 26, 1917 | Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon. |
| May 15, 1929 | A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. |
| May 22, 1856 | Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery. |
| May 10, 2005 | A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. |
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