1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
1791 - The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1802 - Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
1808 - Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
1815 - Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
1860 - Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden.
1867 - The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
1916 - The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
1920 - A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
1942 - World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
1960 - The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher is elected to her first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2001 - The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
Famous Birthdays
612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor
1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy
1632 - Blessed Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, O.S.A., founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
1764 - Princess Élisabeth of France
1826 - Charles XV of Sweden
1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1879 - Fergus McMaster, businessman, aviation pioneer, and soldier, one of the founders of Qantas
1898 - Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist
1898 - Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister of Israel
1920 - John Lewis, pianist, arranger, and composer
1935 - Ron Popeil, inventor and spokesman, founded the Ronco company
1966 - Peter Abbay, actor
1974 - HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein
1978 - Autumn Phillips, royal wife of Peter Phillips (the only son of HRH Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom)
1981 - Farrah Franklin, singer and actress
1983 - Joseph Addai, footballer
1985 - Meagan Tandy, actress
1990 - Levi Johnston, model, actor, and author
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