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8 MAY 1653 Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (8 […]

Sinking of the Lusitania May 7, 1915 This civilian steamer RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine’s torpedo, killing

7 MAY 1530 Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, (born May 7, 1530, Vendôme, France—died March 13, 1569, Jarnac),

The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” News reporter Herbert

6 MAY 1405 Gjergj Kastrioti (6 May 1405 – 17 January 1468), known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian nobleman and

Cinco de Mayo Commemorating this day in 1862, when a fledgling Mexican army defeated much larger and better equipped French

5 MAY 1764 Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British soldier. Craufurd was born

The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial

4 MAY 1633 Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (1 May 1633 – 30

TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIAL One week after the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur—the Supreme Commander