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On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner took pus from a cowpox pustule and inserted it into a young boy in the first deliberate attempt of […]

On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II took an open-air car through St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Just after entering the square, an […]

When someone mentions Richard the Lionheart, most people think of Robin Hood and Prince John. Rarely do we consider the wife of King Richard. Still, […]

Late in the afternoon on May 11, 1812, John Bellingham shot and killed Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. A few days after the assassination, at court, […]

On May 10, 1872, The Equal Rights Party nominated Victoria Woodhull for president as the first woman the run for the presidency. Born in 1838 […]

On May 7, 2012, the magazine Current Biology released an article about a study that claimed that the dinosaur gas, farts, changed the climate. Cows […]

On May 6, 1994, the English Queen and French President opened the tunnel connecting their two countries. Since the connection came from a tunnel under […]

On May 5, 1862, Mexico defeated France in a battle at Puebla. This battle did not end a war, yet we still celebrate it every […]

On May 4, 1535, Henry VIII killed five monks who refused to acknowledge his supremacy. Disliking the rules of the Catholic Church, Henry VIII created […]

On May 3, 1791, Poland enacted the second oldest constitution in the world and the first modern one in Europe. The Polish Parliament called the […]