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May history 2 - U.S. Special Operations Forces kill Osama bin Laden in pakistan (2011) 6 - The German ship Hindenburg burst into flames in New Jersey (1937) 7 - The British passenger ship Lusitania torpedoed by a German Submarine (1915) 10 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways linked at Promontory Point, Utah (1869) 17 - New York Stock Exchange established (1792) 18 - Mount St. Helens volcano erupts in Washington state (1980) 20 - Charles Lindsbergh takes off in the Spirit of St. Louis (1927) 21 - American Red Cross founded by Cl;ara Barton (1881)

May holidays: 10-Mother's Day ~ 25-Memorial Day

May Birthdays 3 - Golda Meir 7 - Johannes Brahms 8 - Harry S Truman 11 - Irving Berlin 12 - George Carlin 15 - Steven Colbert 18 - Pope John Paul II 21 - Raymond Burr 22 - Richard Wagner 25 - Ralph Waldo Emerson 27 - Vincent Price 30 - Benny Goodman