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30th May 1911: Indianapolis 500 automobile race takes place for the first time

Ray Harroun secured victory with a time of 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds, averaging a speed of 74.59 miles per ...

29th May 1942: The song “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby

“White Christmas” has since gone on to become the world’s biggest-selling single of all ...

28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson

While some tribes signed agreements with the American government, tens of thousands of Native Americans were forcibly resettled by the ...

27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Heydrich's death triggered brutal reprisals from the Nazis against the Czechoslovakian people, including the complete destruction of the village of Lidice and the massacre of its ...

26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut

Alse Young was executed for witchcraft in Hartford on 26th May ...

25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther

The Edict of Worms condemned Luther’s writings as heretical and prohibited their publication, distribution, and possession within the Holy Roman Empire. The edict effectively excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church and sought to suppress the spread of his ideas and ...

24th May 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion, also known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, begins in Ireland

The United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican organization inspired by Wolfe Tone, saw Irish Protestants join with the Catholic majority to achieve Irish independence and establish a ...

23rd May 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde ambushed by police and killed in rural Louisiana

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were driving their stolen Ford V8 when they were engulfed in a hail of more than 100 ...

22nd May 1939: The Pact of Steel signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

The Pact of Steel stipulated that Germany and Italy would support each other militarily and politically in the event of war, promising mutual assistance and ...

21st May 1904: FIFA founded in Paris as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association

The founding members of FIFA included football associations from Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. England joined the following ...