May 31

Poet Walt Whitman born (1819); London’s Big Ben ticks for the first time (1859); HBD Clint Eastwood (1930); HBD Brooke Shields (1965); Watergate secret source ‘Deep Throat’ is revealed (2005).

May 30

Joan of Arc is burned at the stake (1431); RIP historian and philosopher Voltaire (1778); First Indianapolis 500 is held (1911); Lincoln Memorial is dedicated (1922); HBD musician CeeLo Green (1974).

May 29

Comedian Bob Hope born (1903); John F. Kennedy born (1917); Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay are first to reach Mt. Everest summit (1953); Danica Patrick is first woman to lead at Indy 500 (2005).

May 28

Native American athlete Jim Thorpe born (1887); Volkswagen founded in Germany (1937); HBD singer Gladys Knight (1944); PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, is founded in Jerusalem (1964); RIP poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (2014).

May 24

Samuel Morse sends first commercial telegraph message (1844); The Brooklyn Bridge is opened in NYC (1883); HBD Bob Dylan (1941); HBD musician Patti LaBelle (1944); RIP jazz legend Duke Ellington (1974).

May 23

Infamous bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde are killed by police (1934); RIP John D. Rockefeller (1937); German Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina (1960); HBD musician Jewel (1974); RIP James Bond actor Roger Moore (2017).

May 22

RIP (first) First Lady Martha Washington (1802); Associated Press is founded (1900); RIP poet Langston Hughes (1967); HBD Naomi Campbell (1970); Manchester Arena bombing kills 22 during Ariana Grande concert (2017).