- 1345 – “Quaden Maendach” in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers
- 1497 – John Cabot departs to North-America
- 1526 – German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
- 1536 – King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
- 1595 – King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth
- 1598 – France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
- 1652 – Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
- 1668 – 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
- 1668 – Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution
- 1670 – King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
- 1703 – Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
- 1749 – Empress Maria Theresa signs “Haugwitzschen State reform”
- 1750 – Carlo Goldoni’s “La Botega di CaffŠ,” premieres in Mantua
- 1776 – France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
- 1780 – William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris
- 1808 – Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
- 1824 – Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
- 1833 – Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
- 1845 – Domingo Sarmiento publishes “Civilizaci¢n y Barbarie”
- 1847 – Sabbath famine
- 1853 – Franconi’s Hippodrome opens (NYC)
- 1863 – South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
- 1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men
- 1865 – Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
- 1876 – Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
- 1878 – US stops minting 20› coin
- 1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published
- 1885 – Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
- 1887 – G Rossini’s corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
- 1887 – Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
- 1889 – Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
- 1890 – Territory of Oklahoma created
- 1900 – George Bernard Shaws “You Never Can Tell,” premieres in London
- 1902 – “A Trip To The Moon,” the 1st science fiction film released
- 1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09
- 1904 – 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08«
- 1905 – French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work
- 1906 – 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8
- 1907 – Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt
- 1909 – Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
- 1911 – French troops occupy FŠs El Bali Morocco
- 1915 – Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
- 1916 – US president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
- 1916 – 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named
- 1917 – Cin Fred Tooney & Chic’s Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
- 1919 – 1st US air passenger service starts
- 1920 – 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
- 1921 – Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
- 1922 – WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas
- 1923 – Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
- 1924 – Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
- 1925 – Kezar Stadium in SF’s Golden Gate Park opens
- 1926 – US military intervenes in Nicaragua
- 1927 – Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
- 1927 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
- 1928 – KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
- 1930 – Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
- 1932 – Jack Benny’s 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
- 1932 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
- 1933 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
- 1934 – Nazi-Germany begins People’s court
- 1936 – “Peter & Wolf” premieres in Moscow
- 1936 – 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6
- 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia
- 1938 – Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
- 1938 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
- 1939 – Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2
- 1941 – FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
- 1941 – Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler’s deputy
- 1941 – Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
- 1941 – Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
- 1942 – 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
- 1942 – Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
- 1943 – German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
- 1944 – WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
- 1945 – Allies occupy Wismar
- 1945 – Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
- 1945 – German Army in Italy surrenders
- 1945 – Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
- 1945 – Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
- 1946 – Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
- 1947 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon for the Misbegotten,” premieres in NYC
- 1949 – Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman”
- 1949 – Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
- 1949 – Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
- 1950 – Carlo Terrons “Giuditta,” premieres in Milan
- 1950 – Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
- 1950 – Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
- 1952 – 1st performance of John Cage’s “Water Music”
- 1952 – 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
- 1952 – Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
- 1953 – 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02
- 1953 – Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
- 1953 – Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
- 1954 – Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
- 1955 – India poses discrimination “onaanraakbaren” punishable
- 1955 – Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
- 1955 – WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 – US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
- 1956 – US Methodist church disallows race separation
- 1958 – Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC
- 1959 – 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2
- 1960 – Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
- 1960 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent)
- 1960 – “American Bandstand’s” Dick Clark
- 1960 – House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
- 1962 – Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I
- 1962 – OAS strikes in Algeria
- 1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
- 1962 – WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1964 – 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
- 1964 – Beatles’ “Beatles’ 2nd Album” goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks
- 1964 – Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
- 1965 – “New Faces of 1965″ opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
- 1965 – Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
- 1965 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
- 1965 – Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
- 1966 – Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
- 1967 – Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
- 1968 – 1st performance of Roger Sessions’ 8th Symphony
- 1968 – 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
- 1968 – Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
- 1968 – Israeli television begins transmitting
- 1969 – British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to NY
- 1970 – 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
- 1970 – 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4
- 1970 – KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1971 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
- 1972 – Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
- 1972 – Lt General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
- 1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1974 – Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
- 1975 – Apple records closes down
- 1976 – Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
- 1977 – “King & I” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
- 1978 – NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
- 1979 – “Quadrophenia” premieres in London
- 1979 – -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 1979 – 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell
- 1980 – Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
- 1980 – Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in Wall (Part II)” is banned in S Africa
- 1980 – Pope John Paul II begins African tour
- 1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1981 – 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
- 1981 – Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
- 1982 – Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
- 1982 – Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
- 1983 – 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif
- 1984 – “Sunday in the Park with George” opens at Booth NYC for 604 perfs
- 1984 – Indians’ Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
- 1984 – Mattingly’s single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt’s perfect game bid
- 1984 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1986 – Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II
- 1986 – Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
- 1987 – 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
- 1988 – Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
- 1988 – David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” premieres in NYC
- 1988 – Jackson Pollock’s “Search” sold for $4,800,000
- 1988 – Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
- 1990 – “Some Americans Abroad” opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs
- 1990 – South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
- 1991 – Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on Centesimus annus
- 1992 – “High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club” opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
- 1992 – 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03
- 1992 – Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic
- 1993 – “5 Guys Named Moe” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 445 perfs
- 1993 – “Candida” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- 1993 – “Redwood Curtain” closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 40 perfs
- 1993 – “Tango Passion” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1993 – Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic
- 1993 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
- 1994 – Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
- 1994 – Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides
- 1994 – Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros “Love is Wonderful Thing”
- 1995 – “Hamlet” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
- 1995 – Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
- 1995 – Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
- 1997 – Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
- 1997 – Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
- 1997 – Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
- 1997 – Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
- 1998 – 124th Kentucky Derby
