May 20 1506 Christopher Columbus died in Spain. 1861 North Carolina voted to secede from the Union. 1927 Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop…
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This Day In History — Malcom X was Born
May 19 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded. 1588 The 130-ship-strong Spanish Armada set sail for England; it was…
View More This Day In History — Malcom X was BornThis Day In History — Mount St. Helens Erupts
May 18 1642 The city of Montreal was founded by the French. 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. 1896…
View More This Day In History — Mount St. Helens EruptsThis Day In History — First Kentucky Derby Takes Place
May 17 1792 The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is…
View More This Day In History — First Kentucky Derby Takes PlaceThis Day In History — Junko Tabei becomes the First Woman to Summit Mount Everest
May 16 1770 Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France. 1868 The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in…
View More This Day In History — Junko Tabei becomes the First Woman to Summit Mount EverestThis Day In History — U.S. Department of Agriculture was Created
May 15 1862 The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day. 1911 The Standard Oil Company, headed by…
View More This Day In History — U.S. Department of Agriculture was CreatedThis Day In History — First Olympic Games on U.S. soil
May 14 1796 Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine to 8-year-old James Phipps. 1804 The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis.…
View More This Day In History — First Olympic Games on U.S. soilThis Day In History — Louis Armstrong records “When the Saints Go Marching In”
May 13 1568 Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England. 1846 The United States formally…
View More This Day In History — Louis Armstrong records “When the Saints Go Marching In”This Day In History — President Carter visits Castro’s Cuba
May 12 1870 Manitoba became a province of Canada. 1932 The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh’s kidnapped baby was found. 1937 Britain’s King George…
View More This Day In History — President Carter visits Castro’s CubaThis Day In History — Bob Marley passes away
May 11 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States. 1894 The Pullman Strike began. 1949 Siam changed its name to Thailand. 1960…
View More This Day In History — Bob Marley passes away