1st May
1886 - May day organised for labor rights in Chicago.
1897 - "Swami Vivekananda" establishes "Ramakrishna mission".
1923 - May day celebrated for first time in India.
1960 - Bombay state partitioned. Gujarat and Maharashtra are formed as separate states.
1973 - Nationalization of coal blocks in India.
1993 - Sri Lankan president Ranasinge Premdasa die in a blast during May day protest.
3rd May
1913 - India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra shown in Bombay.
1939 - The all India forward block formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1947 - Japan forms constitutional republic.
1968 - First successful heart transplant done in Britain.
1969 - Former president of India Zakir Hussain dies.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime minister of England.
4th May
1799 - Mysore's king Tipu Sultan dies in Srirangapatna war.
1846 - Michigan state stops death penalty.
1854 - For the first time Postal ticket is released officially in India.
1896 - First publication of London daily mail released.
1910 - Establishment of Israel's second big city Tel Aviv.
1931 - Mustafa Kamal Pasha becomes president of Turkey.
5th May
1479 - Birth of 3rd Sikh guru Amardas.
1818 - Birth of Karl Marx.
1821 - Napolean dies in St. Helena island in Atlantic ocean.
1883 - Journalist Surendranath Banerjee became first journalist to go to jail.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary Triloknath Chakravarty.
1916 - Birth of former president of India Giani Zail Singh.
1936 - Italian forces capture Ethiopia's capital Addis Abbaba.
1964 - European union declares this day as Europe day.
6th May
1529 - Babar defeats Afghan king on banks of Ghaggar river.
1589 - King of singing "Tansen" dies.
1861 - Birth of Moti Lal Nehru ( father of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru ).
1941 - Joseph Stalin becomes Prime minister of Russia.
1944 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Aga Khan palace jail of Pune.
1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain is elected president of India.
1996 - Rebels sign peace treaty with government in Guatemala.
7th May
1348 - Charles university in Prague became first university of central Europe.
1718 - "Jean Baptiste" formed "New Orleans" city.
1832 - Greece is declared as Republic.
1861 - Birth of Nobel prize winner and poet Guru Rabindranath Tagore.
1873 - American forces attacked Panama.
1920 - Russia recognized Georgia's independence.
1928 - England reduced the voting age of women from 30 to 21.
8th May
1794 - Post office established in USA.
1847 - Robert W. Thomson of England got "Rubber Tyre" patented.
1902 - 30,000 people die in Carribean island Martinek due to volcanic eruption.
1921 - Sweden abolished death penalty.
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi went on hunger strike to protest against British imperialism.
1949 - West Germany adopted constitution.
1960 - Political relations established between Soviet Union and Cuba.
1980 - World health organization declares eradication of small pox.
10th May
1857 - Sepoy mutiny in Meerut.
1927 - Birth of Indian writer Nayantara Sehgal.
1940 - Germany attacks Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands during second world war.
1960 - American nuclear submarine Triton completes 41000 miles of sea travel.
1969 - Apollo 10 satellite sends for the first time color photos of Earth.
1993 - Haryana resident "Santosh Yadav" becomes first woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest twice.
1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes first non-white president of South Africa.
2002 - Death of famous singer and poet Kaifi Azmi.
11th May
1857 - Indian soldiers revolt in Delhi in first war of independence.
1942 - Japan captures Kaleva.
1953 - 114 people die in a hurricane in Waco,Texas.
1955 - Israel attacks Gaza.
2000 - India's population reaches 1 billion.
12th May
1459 - Rajput chief "Rao Jodha" of Rathore clan forms Jodhpur city.
1952 - Gaj Singh is declared king of Jodhpur.
1965 - West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
1965 - Soviet spaceship Luna-5 crashes on moon.
1997 - Russia and Chechnya sign peace treaty.
2008 - 69000 people die in south-west China due to earthquake.
13th May
1791 - Battle of Arikera ought between Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis.
1962 - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan becomes India's second president.
1967 - Zakir Hussain becomes Inida's third president.
2000 - Indian beauty Lara Dutta wind Miss Universe title.
2004 - Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after losing general elections.
14th May
1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
1900 - For the first time women are allowed to take part in Olympics.
1921 - Florence Ellen of USA becomes first female judge to give death penalty to a man.
1940 - More than 1000 people die in Rotterdam city of Holland in German attack.
1944 - British forces occupy Kohima.
1955 - Warsaw pact signed between Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
1963 - Kuwait becomes United Nations' 111th member.
15th May
1878 - Formation of common Brahma Samaj.
1918 - World's first air postal service starts between Philadelphia and Washington.
1930 - For the first time Allen Church serves air passengers as air hostess.
1955 - Britain, America and Russia sign Vienna treaty for re-establishment of independent and democratic Austria.
1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb by dropping it on an island in Pacific ocean.
1958 - Gift tax started in India.
1993 - India's first air field marshall Gen K M Cariappa dies.
17th May
1540 - Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun in battle of Hardoi.
1948 - Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
1976 - Four Indians successfully come back doing skiing from Trishul.
1983 - Israel and Lebanon sign peace treaty.
2004 - Massachusettes becomes first American state to recognize same sex marriage.
2006 - Romano Prodi is sworn in as Italy's Prime minister.
2009 - For the first time in Arabian countries 4 women wins parliament elections in Kuwait.
18th May
1756 - England declares war on France.
1974 - India performs its first nuclear test in Pokharan.
1978 - Italy declares abortion legal.
2009 - Sri Lankan forces defeat LTTE (liberation tigers of Tamil Eelum) and ends 26 year old struggle.
22nd May
1545 - Sher Shah Suri dies.
1772 - Birth of social reformist "Raja Ram Mohan Roy".
1906 - Wright brothers get their flying machine patented.
1915 - 227 people die in tragic rail accident in Britain.
1936 - Lord Brabourne lays foundation stone of first stadium of India in Bombay.
1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign pact of steel.
1968 - Nuclear energy run American submarine Scorpion sinks.
1989 - Medium range ballistic missile "Agni" successfully test fired.
24th May
1875 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan establishes Aligarh Muslim University.
1941 - German warship Bismarck sinks British cruiser Hood, 300 die.
1964 - 300 people die in riot in Peru during a football match.
1981 - Ecuador president Jaime Roldos Egulera die in a plane crash.
1982 - During Iran-Iraq war Iranian forces reoccupy Khurram city after 20 months.
1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after civil war.
25th May
1611 - Mughal king Jahangir marries Mehrunisa who is afterwards named Noor Jehan.
1886 - Birth of famous revolutionary Raas Behari Bose.
1899 - Birth of revolutionary and Bengal poet Qazi Nazrul Islam.
1946 - Abdullah Ibn Hussain is declared first king of Jordan.
1969 - Army overthrows government in Sudan.
2005 - International filmmaker Osmail Merchant of Indian origin dies.
26th May
1805 - Napolean Bonaparte is crowned as Italy's prince.
1889 - Escalators in Eiffel tower opened for common people.
1983 - 104 people die in Japan due to Tsunami which occurred due to earthquake measuring 7.7 on richter scale.
1999 - Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made world record in partnership of 318 runs in one day internationals.
27th May
1908 - "Maulana Hakim Nouruddin Ahmediya" is chosen first Khalifa of muslim community.
1943 - Hungary's "Leslo Biro" gets ball point pen patented in America.
1951 - Inaugration of Taraporwala fish house in Bombay.
1964 - "Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru" dies.
28th May
1883 - Birth of revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1952 - Greece grants voting rights to women.
1970 - All India Trade Union Congress is partitioned.
1989 - Marathakwaali David becomes first christian women priest in India.
2008 - Nepal officially declares itself Republic in first sitting of Nepal's constituent assembly.
29th May
1453 - Byzantine empire collapses.
1658 - Aurangzeb defeats his big brother Dara Shikoh in battle o Saamugarh.
1916 - American forces occupy Dominican.
1922 - Ecuador is declared independent.
1953 - "Sherpa Tenzing Norgay" and "Edmund Hillary" become first men to reach Mt. Everest.
1979 - Bishop "Abel Muzoreva" becomes Zimbabwe's first non-white Prime minister.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.
31st May
1790 - America makes first copyright act.
1919 - First marriage in Aeroplane conducted in Houston in Texas.
1935 - 50,000 people die in Quetta,Pakistan due to earthquake.
1961 - South Africa becomes republic.
1977 - A group of Indian soldiers for the first time scale Kanchenjunga.
1984 - West Indies' cricketer Vivian Richards make record of scoring 189 runs on just 170 balls in one-day international.
1985 - Guatemala adopts constitution.
1886 - May day organised for labor rights in Chicago.
1897 - "Swami Vivekananda" establishes "Ramakrishna mission".
1923 - May day celebrated for first time in India.
1960 - Bombay state partitioned. Gujarat and Maharashtra are formed as separate states.
1973 - Nationalization of coal blocks in India.
1993 - Sri Lankan president Ranasinge Premdasa die in a blast during May day protest.
3rd May
1913 - India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra shown in Bombay.
1939 - The all India forward block formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1947 - Japan forms constitutional republic.
1968 - First successful heart transplant done in Britain.
1969 - Former president of India Zakir Hussain dies.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime minister of England.
4th May
1799 - Mysore's king Tipu Sultan dies in Srirangapatna war.
1846 - Michigan state stops death penalty.
1854 - For the first time Postal ticket is released officially in India.
1896 - First publication of London daily mail released.
1910 - Establishment of Israel's second big city Tel Aviv.
1931 - Mustafa Kamal Pasha becomes president of Turkey.
5th May
1479 - Birth of 3rd Sikh guru Amardas.
1818 - Birth of Karl Marx.
1821 - Napolean dies in St. Helena island in Atlantic ocean.
1883 - Journalist Surendranath Banerjee became first journalist to go to jail.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary Triloknath Chakravarty.
1916 - Birth of former president of India Giani Zail Singh.
1936 - Italian forces capture Ethiopia's capital Addis Abbaba.
1964 - European union declares this day as Europe day.
6th May
1529 - Babar defeats Afghan king on banks of Ghaggar river.
1589 - King of singing "Tansen" dies.
1861 - Birth of Moti Lal Nehru ( father of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru ).
1941 - Joseph Stalin becomes Prime minister of Russia.
1944 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Aga Khan palace jail of Pune.
1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain is elected president of India.
1996 - Rebels sign peace treaty with government in Guatemala.
7th May
1348 - Charles university in Prague became first university of central Europe.
1718 - "Jean Baptiste" formed "New Orleans" city.
1832 - Greece is declared as Republic.
1861 - Birth of Nobel prize winner and poet Guru Rabindranath Tagore.
1873 - American forces attacked Panama.
1920 - Russia recognized Georgia's independence.
1928 - England reduced the voting age of women from 30 to 21.
8th May
1794 - Post office established in USA.
1847 - Robert W. Thomson of England got "Rubber Tyre" patented.
1902 - 30,000 people die in Carribean island Martinek due to volcanic eruption.
1921 - Sweden abolished death penalty.
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi went on hunger strike to protest against British imperialism.
1949 - West Germany adopted constitution.
1960 - Political relations established between Soviet Union and Cuba.
1980 - World health organization declares eradication of small pox.
10th May
1857 - Sepoy mutiny in Meerut.
1927 - Birth of Indian writer Nayantara Sehgal.
1940 - Germany attacks Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands during second world war.
1960 - American nuclear submarine Triton completes 41000 miles of sea travel.
1969 - Apollo 10 satellite sends for the first time color photos of Earth.
1993 - Haryana resident "Santosh Yadav" becomes first woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest twice.
1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes first non-white president of South Africa.
2002 - Death of famous singer and poet Kaifi Azmi.
11th May
1857 - Indian soldiers revolt in Delhi in first war of independence.
1942 - Japan captures Kaleva.
1953 - 114 people die in a hurricane in Waco,Texas.
1955 - Israel attacks Gaza.
2000 - India's population reaches 1 billion.
12th May
1459 - Rajput chief "Rao Jodha" of Rathore clan forms Jodhpur city.
1952 - Gaj Singh is declared king of Jodhpur.
1965 - West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
1965 - Soviet spaceship Luna-5 crashes on moon.
1997 - Russia and Chechnya sign peace treaty.
2008 - 69000 people die in south-west China due to earthquake.
13th May
1791 - Battle of Arikera ought between Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis.
1962 - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan becomes India's second president.
1967 - Zakir Hussain becomes Inida's third president.
2000 - Indian beauty Lara Dutta wind Miss Universe title.
2004 - Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after losing general elections.
14th May
1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
1900 - For the first time women are allowed to take part in Olympics.
1921 - Florence Ellen of USA becomes first female judge to give death penalty to a man.
1940 - More than 1000 people die in Rotterdam city of Holland in German attack.
1944 - British forces occupy Kohima.
1955 - Warsaw pact signed between Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
1963 - Kuwait becomes United Nations' 111th member.
15th May
1878 - Formation of common Brahma Samaj.
1918 - World's first air postal service starts between Philadelphia and Washington.
1930 - For the first time Allen Church serves air passengers as air hostess.
1955 - Britain, America and Russia sign Vienna treaty for re-establishment of independent and democratic Austria.
1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb by dropping it on an island in Pacific ocean.
1958 - Gift tax started in India.
1993 - India's first air field marshall Gen K M Cariappa dies.
17th May
1540 - Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun in battle of Hardoi.
1948 - Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
1976 - Four Indians successfully come back doing skiing from Trishul.
1983 - Israel and Lebanon sign peace treaty.
2004 - Massachusettes becomes first American state to recognize same sex marriage.
2006 - Romano Prodi is sworn in as Italy's Prime minister.
2009 - For the first time in Arabian countries 4 women wins parliament elections in Kuwait.
18th May
1756 - England declares war on France.
1974 - India performs its first nuclear test in Pokharan.
1978 - Italy declares abortion legal.
2009 - Sri Lankan forces defeat LTTE (liberation tigers of Tamil Eelum) and ends 26 year old struggle.
22nd May
1545 - Sher Shah Suri dies.
1772 - Birth of social reformist "Raja Ram Mohan Roy".
1906 - Wright brothers get their flying machine patented.
1915 - 227 people die in tragic rail accident in Britain.
1936 - Lord Brabourne lays foundation stone of first stadium of India in Bombay.
1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign pact of steel.
1968 - Nuclear energy run American submarine Scorpion sinks.
1989 - Medium range ballistic missile "Agni" successfully test fired.
24th May
1875 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan establishes Aligarh Muslim University.
1941 - German warship Bismarck sinks British cruiser Hood, 300 die.
1964 - 300 people die in riot in Peru during a football match.
1981 - Ecuador president Jaime Roldos Egulera die in a plane crash.
1982 - During Iran-Iraq war Iranian forces reoccupy Khurram city after 20 months.
1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after civil war.
25th May
1611 - Mughal king Jahangir marries Mehrunisa who is afterwards named Noor Jehan.
1886 - Birth of famous revolutionary Raas Behari Bose.
1899 - Birth of revolutionary and Bengal poet Qazi Nazrul Islam.
1946 - Abdullah Ibn Hussain is declared first king of Jordan.
1969 - Army overthrows government in Sudan.
2005 - International filmmaker Osmail Merchant of Indian origin dies.
26th May
1805 - Napolean Bonaparte is crowned as Italy's prince.
1889 - Escalators in Eiffel tower opened for common people.
1983 - 104 people die in Japan due to Tsunami which occurred due to earthquake measuring 7.7 on richter scale.
1999 - Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made world record in partnership of 318 runs in one day internationals.
27th May
1908 - "Maulana Hakim Nouruddin Ahmediya" is chosen first Khalifa of muslim community.
1943 - Hungary's "Leslo Biro" gets ball point pen patented in America.
1951 - Inaugration of Taraporwala fish house in Bombay.
1964 - "Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru" dies.
28th May
1883 - Birth of revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1952 - Greece grants voting rights to women.
1970 - All India Trade Union Congress is partitioned.
1989 - Marathakwaali David becomes first christian women priest in India.
2008 - Nepal officially declares itself Republic in first sitting of Nepal's constituent assembly.
29th May
1453 - Byzantine empire collapses.
1658 - Aurangzeb defeats his big brother Dara Shikoh in battle o Saamugarh.
1916 - American forces occupy Dominican.
1922 - Ecuador is declared independent.
1953 - "Sherpa Tenzing Norgay" and "Edmund Hillary" become first men to reach Mt. Everest.
1979 - Bishop "Abel Muzoreva" becomes Zimbabwe's first non-white Prime minister.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.
31st May
1790 - America makes first copyright act.
1919 - First marriage in Aeroplane conducted in Houston in Texas.
1935 - 50,000 people die in Quetta,Pakistan due to earthquake.
1961 - South Africa becomes republic.
1977 - A group of Indian soldiers for the first time scale Kanchenjunga.
1984 - West Indies' cricketer Vivian Richards make record of scoring 189 runs on just 170 balls in one-day international.
1985 - Guatemala adopts constitution.
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