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File:Karlisulmanis.jpg|Kārlis Ulmanis
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File:Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg|Inukai Tsuyoshi
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File:Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony.jpg|Elizabeth Cady Stanton <br />and Susan B. Anthony
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Image:Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg|Inukai Tsuyoshi
File:Solar eclips 1999 6.jpg|An example of Baily's beads
File:Portrait of Dr. Gachet.jpg|Van Gogh's ''Portrait of {{nowrap|Dr. Gachet}}''

File:USCAR Building during 1968-1972.jpg|USCAR Building
File:USCAR Building during 1968-1972.jpg|USCAR Building
File:Welcome to fabulous las vegas sign.jpg|Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
File:Welcome to fabulous las vegas sign.jpg|Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
File:Cadets at New Market.jpg|"Cadets at [the Battle of] New Market"
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File:Solar eclips 1999 6.jpg|Baily's beads observed during [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999|a solar eclipse]] in 1999
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| ; [[Republic Day|Constituent Assembly Day]]<!--[[Constituent Assembly of Lithuania]] not linked; no footnotes--> in '''[[Lithuania]]'''
| ; '''[[Constituent Assembly of Lithuania|Constituent Assembly Day]]''' in Lithuania
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| '''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in Mexico and South Korea;
| '''[[Teachers' Day]]''' in Mexico and South Korea;
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| [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Paraguay]]''' ([[1814]]);
| [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Paraguay]]''' ([[1814]]);
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| outdated, multiple issues section
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| [[1793]] – Inventor '''[[Diego Marín Aguilera]]''', the "father of aviation" in Spain, flew one of the first [[glider (aircraft)|gliders]] for about {{convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on}}.
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| [[392]] – [[Roman emperor]] '''{{nowrap|[[Valentinian II]]}}'''<!-- ''(statue pictured)''--> was found [[hanging|hanged]] in his residence in [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], [[Gaul]].
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|[[1850]] – Members of the United States [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Cavalry Regiment]] '''[[Bloody Island massacre|massacred]]''' at least 135 [[Pomo]] in [[Lake County, California]].
|[[1252]] – [[Pope Innocent IV]] issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Ad extirpanda]]''''', authorizing the use of torture on [[Heresy|heretics]] during the [[Medieval Inquisition]].
|Conflicts with lead and infobox. The body says 60 Pomo on the island and 75 Indians on the Russian River
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|[[1525]] – Insurgent peasants led by [[Anabaptist]] pastor [[Thomas Müntzer]] were defeated at the [[Battle of Frankenhausen]], ending the '''[[German Peasants' War]]''' in the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
|unreferenced section
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| [[1891]] – [[Pope Leo XIII]] issued the [[encyclical]] '''''[[Rerum novarum]]''''', which addressed the condition of the [[working class]]es and is considered to be the foundation of modern [[Catholic social teaching]].
| [[1891]] – [[Pope Leo XIII]] issued the [[encyclical]] '''''[[Rerum novarum]]''''', which addressed the condition of the [[working class]]es and is considered to be the foundation of modern [[Catholic social teaching]].
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| [[1928]] – '''[[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]]''' and '''[[Minnie Mouse]]''' made their film debut in the animated cartoon ''[[Plane Crazy]]''.
| [[1928]] – '''[[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]]''' and '''[[Minnie Mouse]]''' made their film debuts in the animated cartoon ''[[Plane Crazy]]''.
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|M/M both: refimprove section; Plane Crazy: refimprove section
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|[[1934]] – [[Prime Minister of Latvia|Latvian Prime Minister]] '''[[Kārlis Ulmanis]]''' dissolved the [[Saeima]] and established an [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] rule.
|[[1934]] – Latvian Prime Minister '''[[Kārlis Ulmanis]]''' dissolved the [[Saeima]] and established an [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] rule.
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|needs expert attention, refimprove
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|[[1932]] – [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese Prime Minister]] [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] '''[[May 15 Incident|was assassinated]]''' in an attempted ''coup d'état'' by radical elements of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
|[[1932]] – Japanese Prime Minister [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] '''[[May 15 Incident|was assassinated]]''' in an attempted coup d'état by radical elements of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
|refimprove section, expansion
|refimprove section, expansion
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|[[1935]] – The first line of the '''[[Moscow Metro]]''' opened to public, connecting [[Sokolniki (Metro)|Sokolniki]] to [[Park Kultury-Radialnaya|Park Kultury]] with a branch from [[Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro)|Okhotny Ryad]] to [[Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya)|Smolenskaya]].
|[[1935]] – The first line of the '''[[Moscow Metro]]''' opened to the public, connecting [[Sokolniki (Metro)|Sokolniki]] to [[Park Kultury-Radialnaya|Park Kultury]] with a branch from [[Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro)|Okhotny Ryad]] to [[Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya)|Smolenskaya]].
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| [[1941]] – Playing for the [[New York Yankees]] of [[Major League Baseball]], '''[[Joe DiMaggio]]''' began a 56-game [[hitting streak]], setting a record that still stands today.
| trivial pop culture references
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|[[1948]] – One day after the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence]], Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invaded Israel to begin the '''[[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]'''.
| [[1948]] – One day after the [[End of the British Mandate for Palestine]], Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia joined the [[1947–1949 Palestine war|ongoing conflict]] to begin the '''[[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]'''.
| lots of CN tags (11)
|neutrality issues
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|[[1955]] – The '''[[Austrian State Treaty]]''' was signed in [[Vienna]], re-establishing an independent Austria.
|[[1955]] – The '''[[Austrian State Treaty]]''' was signed in [[Vienna]], re-establishing an independent Austria.
| needs more footnots
|unreferenced
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| [[1974]] – A unit of the [[Golani Brigade]] '''[[Ma'alot massacre|assaulted an elementary school]]''' in Ma'alot, Israel, where three armed members of the [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] had taken 115 people hostage, resulting in 28 deaths.
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|[[1957]] – The United Kingdom tested its first [[Teller-Ulam design|hydrogen bomb]] over [[Malden Island]] in '''[[Operation Grapple]]'''.
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|[[1972]] - The [[Ryukyu Islands]] were returned to Japan by the United States, and the '''[[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands]]''' was abolished.
|refimprove section
|refimprove section
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|[[1991]] – '''[[Édith Cresson]]''' became the only female [[Prime Minister of France]].
|[[1991]] – '''[[Édith Cresson]]''' became the only female [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister of France]].
|unreferenced section
|unreferenced section
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| [[1997]] – During the dedication of the [[Laos Memorial]] in Arlington National Cemetery, the United States first publicly acknowledged its role in the '''[[Laotian Civil War]]''', which had ended 22 years earlier.
| [[1997]] – During the dedication of the [[Laos Memorial]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]], the United States first publicly acknowledged its role in the '''[[Laotian Civil War]]''', which had ended 22 years earlier.
| lots of CN tags (14)
|refimprove section
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| '''[[Mleh, Prince of Armenia]]''' |d|1175
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|* [[1525]] – Insurgent peasants led by preacher [[Thomas Müntzer]] were defeated at the '''[[Battle of Frankenhausen]]''', ending the [[German Peasants' War]]<!--not bold, unreferenced section-->.
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==Eligible==
* [[1602]] – English explorer '''[[Bartholomew Gosnold]]''' led the first recorded European expedition to visit [[Cape Cod]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]].
* [[1252]] – [[Pope Innocent IV]] issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Ad extirpanda]]''''', authorizing the use of torture on [[Heresy|heretics]] during the [[Medieval Inquisition]].
* [[1602]] – Early English explorer '''[[Bartholomew Gosnold]]''' arrived on [[Cape Cod]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]].
* [[1836]] – English astronomer '''[[Francis Baily]]''' first observed "[[Baily's beads]]"<!--Not bold, stubby-->, a phenomenon during a [[solar eclipse]] in which the rugged [[lunar limb]] topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through<!-- ''(example pictured)''-->.
* [[1836]] – English astronomer '''[[Francis Baily]]''' observed [[Baily's beads]]<!--not bold, stubby--> ''(example pictured)'', a phenomenon during a [[solar eclipse]] in which the rugged topography of the [[lunar limb]] allows sunlight to shine through.
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* [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: A small [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] force, which included cadets from the [[Virginia Military Institute]], '''[[Battle of New Market|forced]]''' the [[Union Army]] out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]].
* [[1862]] – '''''[[Fertilisation of Orchids]]''''', the first book by [[Charles Darwin]] which demonstrated the power of [[natural selection]] in detail, was published.
* [[1869]] – [[Susan B. Anthony]] and [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]]<!-- ''(both pictured)''--> founded the '''[[National Woman Suffrage Association]]''', breaking away from the [[American Equal Rights Association]] which they had also previously founded.
* [[1869]] – [[Susan B. Anthony]] and [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]]<!-- ''(both pictured)''--> founded the '''[[National Woman Suffrage Association]]''', breaking away from the [[American Equal Rights Association]] which they had also previously founded.
* [[1911]] – [[Mexican Revolution]]: A force of [[List of factions in the Mexican Revolution#Maderistas|Maderistas]] captured [[Torreón]] and proceeded to '''[[Torreón massacre|massacre]]''' 303 of the city's [[Chinese immigration to Mexico|Chinese residents]].
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* [[1916]] – '''[[Lynching of Jesse Washington|Jesse Washington]]''', a teenage African-American farmhand, was [[lynching|lynched]] in [[Waco, Texas]], U.S., in what became a well-known example of racially motivated lynching.
* [[1912]] – During a match, baseball star [[Ty Cobb]] enters the stands and assaults a fan who had heckled him, leading to '''[[1912 suspension of Ty Cobb|his suspension]]'''.
* [[1948]] – The [[Australian cricket team]], '''[[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|on tour in England]]''', set a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[List of first-class cricket records|world record]] that still stands by scoring 721 runs in a day against [[Essex CCC|Essex]].
* [[1945]] – The [[British Army]] directed fleeing [[Croatian Armed Forces (Independent State of Croatia)|Croatian soldiers]] to surrender to the [[Yugoslav Partisans]], beginning the '''[[Bleiburg repatriations]]'''.
* [[1953]] – Don Murphy organized the first '''[[pinewood derby]]''', an event for [[Cub Scout]]s of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.
* [[1953]] – Don Murphy organized the first '''[[pinewood derby]]''', an event for [[Cub Scout]]s of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.
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* [[1957]] – The United Kingdom tested its first [[Thermonuclear weapon|hydrogen bomb]] over [[Malden Island]] in '''[[Operation Grapple]]'''.
* [[1966]] – Disapproving of his handling of the [[Buddhist Uprising]], South Vietnamese Prime Minister [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] ordered an attack on the forces of General '''[[Tôn Thất Đính]]''' and ousted him from the position.
* [[1966]] – Disapproving of General '''[[Tôn Thất Đính]]'''{{`s}} handling of the [[Buddhist Uprising]], South Vietnamese prime minister [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] ordered an attack on his forces and ousted Đính from his post.
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* [[1974]] – A unit of the [[Golani Brigade]] '''[[Ma'alot massacre|assaulted an elementary school]]''' in Ma'alot, Israel, where three armed members of the [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] had taken 115 people hostage, resulting in 28 deaths.
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* [[1970]] – Police '''[[Jackson State killings|opened fire]]''' during a confrontation with a group of [[Jackson State University|Jackson State College]] students, killing two students and injuring twelve others.
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* [[2010]] – Upon her return to [[Sydney]] three days before her 17th birthday, '''[[Jessica Watson]]''' became the youngest person to sail non-stop and [[Unassisted sailing|unassisted]] around the world.
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* [[1972]] – The [[Ryukyu Islands]] were returned to Japan by the United States, and the '''[[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands|U.S. occupation government]]''' was abolished.
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* [[1990]] – [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s '''''[[Portrait of Dr. Gachet|Portrait of Dr.&nbsp;Gachet]]''''' was sold at auction at [[Christie's]] in New York for US$82.5&nbsp;million<!-- to [[Ryoei Saito]]-->, making it the world's [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting]] at the time.
* [[2004]] – [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] became the first [[association football|football]] team in [[English football league system|England's top flight]] to '''[[2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season|finish a season undefeated]]''' since [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] did so in [[1888–89 Football League|1888–1889]].
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* [[2010]] – Three days before her seventeenth birthday, '''[[Jessica Watson]]''' arrived in [[Sydney]] after sailing non-stop and [[Unassisted sailing|unassisted]] around the world.
* Born/died: |'''[[Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban]]'''<!--French engineer--> |baptised|1633| '''[[Levi Lincoln Sr.]]'''<!--American statesman--> |b|1749| '''[[Klemens von Metternich]]'''<!--Austrian diplomat--> |b|1773| '''[[Élie Metchnikoff]]'''<!--Russian biologist, male--> |b|1845| '''[[Williamina Fleming]]'''<!--Scottish/American astronomer--> |b|1857| '''[[E. Urner Goodman]]'''<!--American founder of Boy Scouts--> |b|1891| '''[[Ida Freund]]'''<!--Austrian/English chemist--> |d|1914| '''[[Jakucho Setouchi]]'''<!--Japanese nun--> |b|1922| '''[[Lawrence Sabatini]]'''<!--American bishop--> |b|1930| '''[[D. H. Turner]]'''<!--English museum curator--> |b|1931| '''[[Esther Fischer-Homberger]]'''<!--Swiss psychiatrist--> |b|1940| '''[[Mohamed Brahmi]]'''<!--Tunisian politician--> |b|1955| '''[[Patrice Evra]]'''<!--French footballer--> |b|1981| '''[[Jean-Luc Dehaene]]'''<!--Belgian prime minister--> |d|2014 '''[[Elisabeth Bing]]'''<!--German physical therapist--> |d|2015


==Notes==
==Notes==
* [[Kent State shootings]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/May 4|May 4]], so Jackson State killings should not appear in the same year
* [[Kent State shootings]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/May 4|May 4]], so Jackson State killings should not appear in the same year
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* [[Allied-occupied Austria]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/May 12|May 12]], so Austrian State Treaty should not appear in the same year
* [[Israeli Declaration of Independence]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/May 14|May 14]], so Arab–Israeli War should not appear in the same year
* [[Israeli Declaration of Independence]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/May 14|May 14]], so Arab–Israeli War should not appear in the same year
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* [[Allied-occupied Austria]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/July 27|July 27]], so Austrian State Treaty should not appear in the same year
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'''[[May 15]]''': '''[[Nakba Day]]''' in [[Palestinians|Palestinian communities]]
'''[[May 15]]''': [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Mo Chutu of Lismore|Saint Carthage]]''' ([[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]); '''[[Nakba Day]]''' in [[Palestinians|Palestinian communities]]
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* [[392]] – Roman emperor '''[[Valentinian II|Valentinian&nbsp;II]]''' ''(pictured)'' was found hanged in his residence in [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], in present-day France.
{{main page image|File:Portrait of Dr. Gachet.jpg|''Portrait of {{nowrap|Dr. Gachet}}''|title=Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet"|width=100}}
* [[1855]] – '''[[Great Gold Robbery|Thieves stole 224 pounds (102&nbsp;kg) of gold]]''' from a train travelling from London to [[Folkestone]], England.
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* [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: A small [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] force, which included cadets from the [[Virginia Military Institute]], '''[[Battle of New Market|forced]]''' the [[Union Army]] out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]].
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* [[1793]] – Inventor '''[[Diego Marín Aguilera]]''', the "father of aviation" in Spain, flew one of the first [[glider (aircraft)|gliders]] for about {{convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on}}.
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* [[1904]] – [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The Japanese battleships '''''[[Japanese battleship Hatsuse|Hatsuse]]''''' and '''''[[Japanese battleship Yashima|Yashima]]''''' sank after striking several [[Naval mine|mines]] off [[Lüshunkou, Dalian|Port Arthur]], China.
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* [[1850]] – Members of the [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Cavalry Regiment]] of the [[United States Cavalry]] '''[[Bloody Island massacre|massacred]]''' at least 135 [[Pomo|Pomo Indians]] in [[Lake County, California]].
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* [[1916]] – '''[[Lynching of Jesse Washington|Jesse Washington]]''', a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in [[Waco, Texas]].
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* [[1904]] – [[Russo-Japanese War]]: After striking several [[naval mine|mines]] off [[Lüshunkou District|Port Arthur]], the Japanese battleships '''''[[Japanese battleship Hatsuse|Hatsuse]]''''' and '''''[[Japanese battleship Yashima|Yashima]]''''' sank.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Hilary of Galeata]]'''<!--Italian saint--> |d|558| '''[[Emily Dickinson]]'''<!--American poet--> |d|1886| '''[[K. M. Cariappa|K.&nbsp;M. Cariappa]]'''<!--Indian army officer--> |d|1993|}}
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* [[1970]] – During a confrontation with a group of [[Jackson State University|Jackson State College]] students, police '''[[Jackson State killings|opened fire]]''', killing two students and injuring twelve.
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* [[1990]] – [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s '''''[[Portrait of Dr. Gachet]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was sold at auction in [[Christie's]] New York office for US${{Nowrap|82.5 million}}, at the time the world's [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting]].
'''[[Klemens von Metternich]]''' (b.&nbsp;1773){{·}} '''[[Emily Dickinson]]''' (d.&nbsp;1886){{·}} '''[[Patrice Evra]]''' (b.&nbsp;1981)
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  • Kārlis Ulmanis
    Kārlis Ulmanis
  • Inukai Tsuyoshi
    Inukai Tsuyoshi
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    and Susan B. Anthony
  • Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet
    Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet
  • USCAR Building
    USCAR Building
  • Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
    Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
  • "Cadets at [the Battle of] New Market"
    "Cadets at [the Battle of] New Market"
  • Baily's beads observed during a solar eclipse in 1999
    Baily's beads observed during a solar eclipse in 1999

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; Constituent Assembly Day in Lithuania no footnotes
Teachers' Day in Mexico and South Korea; refimprove
Independence Day in Paraguay (1814); outdated, multiple issues section
1793 – Inventor Diego Marín Aguilera, the "father of aviation" in Spain, flew one of the first gliders for about 300 yd (270 m). heavily reliant on unreliable sources
1850 – Members of the United States 1st Cavalry Regiment massacred at least 135 Pomo in Lake County, California. Conflicts with lead and infobox. The body says 60 Pomo on the island and 75 Indians on the Russian River
1891 – Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Rerum novarum, which addressed the condition of the working classes and is considered to be the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching. primary sources
1905 – Las Vegas was established as a railroad town, after 110 acres (0.45 km2) owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was auctioned off. refimprove section
1928 – Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their film debuts in the animated cartoon Plane Crazy. M/M both: refimprove section; Plane Crazy: refimprove section
1934 – Latvian Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the Saeima and established an authoritarian rule. needs expert attention, refimprove
1932 – Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated in an attempted coup d'état by radical elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy. refimprove section, expansion
1935 – The first line of the Moscow Metro opened to the public, connecting Sokolniki to Park Kultury with a branch from Okhotny Ryad to Smolenskaya. outdated
1941 – Playing for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, Joe DiMaggio began a 56-game hitting streak, setting a record that still stands today. trivial pop culture references
1948 – One day after the End of the British Mandate for Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia joined the ongoing conflict to begin the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. lots of CN tags (11)
1955 – The Austrian State Treaty was signed in Vienna, re-establishing an independent Austria. needs more footnots
1974 – A unit of the Golani Brigade assaulted an elementary school in Ma'alot, Israel, where three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine had taken 115 people hostage, resulting in 28 deaths. refimprove section
1991 – Édith Cresson became the only female prime minister of France. unreferenced section
1997 – During the dedication of the Laos Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, the United States first publicly acknowledged its role in the Laotian Civil War, which had ended 22 years earlier. lots of CN tags (14)
Mleh, Prince of Armenia |d|1175 missing page numbers
* 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by preacher Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War. Tagged for lack of page numbers

Eligible

Notes

May 15: Feast day of Saint Carthage (Catholicism); Nakba Day in Palestinian communities

Statue of Valentinian II
Statue of Valentinian II
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