1503 - James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
1533 - The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
1588 - The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30th for all ships to leave port).
1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
1871 - The Paris Commune falls.
1918 - The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by the President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signalling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1937 - Volkswagen (VW), German automobile manufacturer was founded
1940 - World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
1940 - World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
1964 - The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
1972 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (Abdicated and later The Duke of Windsor) dies
1974 - Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
1993 - Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
1999 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
2002 - NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
2004 - The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a long-time anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
2008 - The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
Famous Birthdays
1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan
1660 - George I of Great Britain
1759 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1888 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Prime Minister of Estonia
1892 - Josef Dietrich, SS general
1922 - Tuomas Gerdt, soldier, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
1925 - Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey
1944 - Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
1968 - Kylie Minogue, singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1979 - Jesse Bradford, actor
1980 - Mark Feehily, singer-songwriter and pianist
1985 - Pablo Andrés González, footballer
1993 - Bárbara Luz, tennis player
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