May 13th,1981Somebody said, its the Pope, hes shot,you know we just shocked, it was just unbelievable.At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square. The-pontiff recovers and a few years late...
May 10th,1869A Promontory Utah, a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first trans-continental railroad in United States. 1933Months after taking power in Germany, the Nazi stage massive public burnings of books considered to have u...
May 7th,1915During World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into joini...
May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes Americas first space travelerblasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3, 2, 1, 0， ignition. Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821Frances former ruler Napol...
May 3rd, 1469: Niccolo Machiavelli, the philosopher who gave new meaning to what's now known as the political hardball， is born in Florence, Italy. 1948: The U.S. Supreme Court rules covenants barring the sale of real estate to blacks or members of...
May 2nd, 1945The end is near for World War II in Europe, the Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital Berlin， and the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Re...
April 30th 1945Nazi Germany's dictator Aldof Hitler commits suicide during the last days of the World War II in Europe. Hitler and Eva Braun ,his long-time mistress and wife of one day, take their own lives as Soviet troops approaches bunker in Berli...
April 29th,1992Rioting hits Los Angeles, killing 55 people and causing a billion dollars in property damage. It happens after four white police officers are acquitted of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist, Rodney Kin...
April 28th1945A violent end for Italys dictator， Benito Mussolini during the last days of World War II in Europe, Italian resistance fighters executed Mussolini and his mistress as they tried to flee the country. 1937Saddam Hussein, dictator of Ira...
April 27th, 1822Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general who later served as president, is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant led Union forces during the wars final years, receiving the Confederates surrender at Appomattox. 1521Portuguese explorer Fe...
