On May 24, 1764, Samuel Adams wrote instructions for the Boston Town Meeting opposing the Sugar Act....
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On May 23, 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was created out of the American,...
On May 22, 334 BC, the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated the army of Darius...
On May 21, 1840 Captain William Hobson proclaimed British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by...
On My 18, 1804, Napoléon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. — May...
On May 17, 1792, twenty-four merchants formed the New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street. —...
On May 16th, 1903, George Adams Wyman began the first transcontinental motorcycle ride, in San Francisco. Riding...
On May 15, 1896 a tornado — now estimated as a F5 — killed 78 people in and...
On May 14, 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution of the United States. —...
On May 13, 1916 the Lafayette Escadrille, a volunteer American air force unit under French command saw...