On May 3.1999 ; The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produc source
On May 3.1999 ; The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produc
On May 4.1776 ; Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. source
On May 4.1776 ; Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
On May 4.1988 ; The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire. source
On May 4.1988 ; The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
On May 6.1935 ; New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration. source
On May 6.1935 ; New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
On May 6.1996 ; The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. source
On May 6.1996 ; The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
On May 8.1846 ; Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. source
On May 8.1846 ; Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
On May 8.1912 ; Paramount Pictures is founded. source
On May 8.1912 ; Paramount Pictures is founded.
On May 9.1887 ; Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. source
On May 9.1887 ; Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
On May 10.1837 ; Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. source
On May 10.1837 ; Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
On May 10.1960 ; The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. source
On May 10.1960 ; The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
On May 10.2013 ; One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. source
On May 10.2013 ; One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
On May 12.1933 ; The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies. source
On May 12.1933 ; The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies.
On May 13.1804 ; Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city. source
On May 13.1804 ; Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
On May 14.1804 ; The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River. source
On May 14.1804 ; The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
On May 15.1817 ; Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). source
On May 15.1817 ; Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
On May 16.1888 ; Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. source
On May 16.1888 ; Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
On May 16.1918 ; The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. source
On May 16.1918 ; The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
On May 17.2006 ; The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. source
On May 17.2006 ; The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
On May 18.1896 ; The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. source
On May 18.1896 ; The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
On May 19.1828 ; U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States. source
On May 19.1828 ; U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
On May 20.1902 ; Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President. source
On May 20.1902 ; Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
On May 21.2014 ; The National September 11 Museum opens to the public. source
On May 21.2014 ; The National September 11 Museum opens to the public.
On May 23.1788 ; South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state. source
On May 23.1788 ; South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
On May 23.1934 ; Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. source
On May 23.1934 ; Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
On May 23.2015 ; At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma. source
On May 23.2015 ; At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
On May 24.1822 ; Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito. source
On May 24.1822 ; Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
On May 24.1921 ; The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens. source
On May 24.1921 ; The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
On May 24.2002 ; Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. source
On May 24.2002 ; Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
On May 25.1936 ; The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins. source
On May 25.1936 ; The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
On May 25.1979 ; American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground. source
On May 25.1979 ; American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.