1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
1429 - Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn: fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King.
1509 - Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1776 - The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1898 - The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
1903 - Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife Queen Draga.
1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
1963 - American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
1963 - Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1970 - After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2008 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.
Famous Birthdays
1403 - John IV, Duke of Brabant
1456 - Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England
1726 - Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia
1920 - Robert Hutton, actor
1928 - Her Majesty Queen Fabiola of Belgium, was Queen consort of the Belgians
1945 - Adrienne Barbeau, actress
1950 - Lynsey de Paul, singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
1953 - Peter Bergman, actor
1968 - HSH Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Count Rietberg,eldest son of Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
1973 - José Manuel Abundis, footballer
1982 - Marco Arment, web developer, co-created Tumblr
1987 - Dappy, singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
1988 - Claire Holt, actress and model
1992 - Eugene Simon, actor and model
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