31 May Colonies Combimed

1634 Maine added to Massachusetts Bay colony.

30 May Country Starts Persecution

1941 Serbia passes anti sematic laws.

29 May State in

1848 Congress votes to allow Wisconsin to become organize as a state.

28 May Diplomat Killed

1754 Major George Washington accidently orders the killing of a French Officer Joseph Coulon De Joumonville he was unaware was acting as a diplomat.

27 May Laws allowed

1967 Australia allowed to make laws to benefit indigenous peoples by a vote of its citizens.

26 May Witch Hanged

1647 First execution for witchcraft in the English Colonies Alse Young.

25 May Effect Made Known

1842 The first description of the effect that bear his name is presented by Christian Doppler.

24 May Presidents Open Bridge

1884 Brooklyn Bridge opened by sitting president Chester Arthur and the sitting governor of New York Grover Cleveland who was elected president in November 1884 .

23 May Challange Dismissed

1977 Cert denied in bid to overturn the convictions of Bob Ehrlichman H.R. Haldeman. and former Attorney General John Mitchell.

22 May Curseword Ueed

1988 Letterman called an ***hole on late-night..

21 May Award Created

1725 Russian Sovereign Catherine I creates the order of alexander Nevsky.

20 May Travel Allowed

1991 Supreme Soviet allows travel by Soviet Citizens to other countries.

19 May Royal Shakes Hands

2015 Prince Charles shakes hands with Shin Fein leader Gerry Adams.

18 May People Allowed

1983 Under a revised immigration law Congress legalizes many illegal immigration.

17 May Time Change Introduced

1916 U.K. introduces time change setting clocks ahead in the summer.

16 May Addictiveness Exposed

1988 Report by Surgeon General Koop  states that nicotine is as addictive as heroin.

15 May Nation Freed

1955 The WWII allies of Europe formally agree to the Treaty of Vienna freeing Austria.

14 May Launch Site Created

1949 Bill signed by President Truman to create what became  rocket launch site at Cape Canaveral.

13 May Negotiations

1968 North and South Vietnam meet in Paris to discuss ending the war.

12 May Equality

1871 Louisville integrates its streetcars.

11 May Dance Introdouced

1812 Called by some immoral and disgusting waltz introduced to English ballrooms

10 May Government forms

1994 Government including 5 neo facists forms in Italy under Silvio Berlusconi

9 May Peace

1956 Philippines and Japan sign peace and reparation treaty.

8 May Commeration Pproposed

1919  Proposal by Edward George Honey of a moment of silence in honor of the armistice that ended fighting in WWI. This leads to Remembrance Day. 

7 May Jwes Out

1727 Expulsion of Jews from Ukraine by Catherine the Great.

6 May Another Casualty

1915 Centurion sunk by U-20 off Ireland.

5 May Ship Taken In War

1915 U-20 which two days later gained infamy by sinking the Lusitania captures and sinks the Schooner Earl of Lathom. According to the rules that applied to surface ships meaning they allowed the crew off before sinking it.

4 May Leader Sick

1991 Hospitalization of George H.W. Bush for erratic Heartbeat.

3 May Trial Begins

1946 Military tribunal meets in Tokyo for first time.

2 May Freedom Oloser

1833 Sale of serfs in public banned by Tsar Nicholas I.

1 May Zone Becomes Nation

1948 Soviet occupied Northern Korea becomes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.