May history 2 - U.S. Special Operations Forces kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan (2011) 6 - The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames in New Jersey (1937) 7 - British passenger ship Lusitania torpedoed by a German submarine (1915) 10 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways linked at Promontory Point, Utah (1869) 17 - New York Stock Exchange established (1792) 18 - Mount St. Helens volcano erupts in Washington state (1980) 20 - Charles Lindbergh takes off in the Spirit of St. Louis (1927) 21 - American Red Cross founded b y Clara Barton (1881) |
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