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Today in History: May 25, police kill George Floyd
Today in History: May 24, first night game in Major League Baseball
Today in History: May 23, Bonnie and Clyde shot and killed
Today in History: May 22, Lyndon B. Johnson outlines ‘Great Society’
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Today in History: May 21, Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross
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Today in History: May 20, Charles Lindbergh takes off on solo flight to France
Today in History: May 19, Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts
Today in History: May 17, Brown v Board of Education ruling strikes down legal segregation
Today in History: May 16, Nazis crush Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Today in History: May 15, new state of Israel attacked by 5 nations
Today in History: May 14, state of Israel is proclaimed
Today in History: May 13, Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded
Today in History: May 12, more than 87,000 dead or missing in China earthquake
Today in History: May 11, Bob Marley dies at 36
Today in History: May 10, Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium and France
Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa
Today in History: May 8, South Africa adopts constitution guaranteeing equal rights
Today in History: May 7, Nazi Germany surrenders
Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey, killing 36
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Today in History: May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
Today in History: May 4, four killed during anti-war protest at Kent State University
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