EVENTS:
- 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
- 1867 – Luxembourg gains its independence.
- 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
- 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- 1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
- 1987 – In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
- 1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
- 1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
- 2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
- 2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into the stand by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.
- 2016 – More than 110 people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
- 2022 – The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar.
- 2022 – Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.
- 2024 – Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
- 2024 – The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland wins with their song “The Code”, making them the contest’s first non-binary winner.
BIRTHS:
- 1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author (d. 1955)
- 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
- 1924 – Antony Hewish, English astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist, co-developed THE multiprogramming system (d. 2002)
- 1941 – Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1946 – Robert Jarvik, American scientist, developed the Artificial heart
- 1950 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2014)
- 1975 – Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
- 1982 – Andrew Walter, American football player
- 1988 – Jeremy Maclin, American football player
- 2003 – Fermín López, Spanish footballer
- 2006 – Konsta Helenius, Finnish ice hockey player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- National Technology Day (India)
- Statehood Day (Minnesota)
- Vietnam Human Rights Day (Vietnam)
