Birthdays
- Elias Boudinot - May. 2, 1740
- Bing Crosby - May. 3, 1903
- Warren Barfield - May. 4, 1979
- Randy Travis - May. 4, 1959
- Frederic Edwin Church - May. 4, 1826
- Tammy Wynette - May. 5, 1942
- George "Gabby" Hayes - May. 7, 1885
- Harry S. Truman - May. 8, 1884
- Yogi Berra - May. 12, 1925
- Florence Nightingale - May. 12, 1820
- Emmitt Smith - May. 15, 1969
- Andre The Seal - May. 16, 1961
- Henry Fonda - May. 16, 1905
- Reggie Jackson - May. 18, 1946
- Matthew Brady - May. 18, 1822
- James "Jimmy" Stewart - May. 20, 1908
- Dolley Madison - May. 20, 1768
- Ambrose Burnside - May. 23, 1824
- Bob Dylan - May. 24, 1941
- Henry Calvin - May. 25, 1918
- Jay Silverheels - May. 26, 1912
- John Wayne - May. 26, 1907
- Johann Wyss - May. 28, 1743
- Patirck Henry - May. 29, 1736
- Gale Sayers - May. 30, 1943
- Wilbur Wright - May. 30, 1912
- Benny Goodman - May. 30, 1909
Events
- The Chicago World's Fair opens - May. 1, 1893
- Lou Gehrig benches himself, never plays MLB ball again - May. 2, 1939
- Stonewall Jackson seriously wounded by friendly fire - May. 2, 1863
- Charles Spurgeon Baptised - May. 3, 1850
- United States begins work on Panama Canal - May. 4, 1904
- The "house that Ruth built" begins construction - May. 5, 1922
- Hindenburg disaster - May. 6, 1937
- Battle of Chancellorsville ends - May. 6, 1863
- Sinking of the Lusitania - May. 7, 1915
- Victory in Europe Day - May. 8, 1945
- Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - May. 10, 1940
- Golden spike driven to finish the First Transcontinental Railroad - U.S. - May. 10, 1869
- Stonewall Jackson dies from Pneumonia - May. 10, 1863
- William Wilberforce makes first major abolition of slave trade speech - May. 12, 1789
- Custer, 7th Cvlry leave Ft. Lincoln to force Indians onto reservations - May. 17, 1876
- Lindburgh begins attempt at first solo non-stop flight across Atlantic - May. 20, 1927
- Lindburgh completes first non-stop solo flight across Atlantic - May. 21, 1927
- First meeting of American Red Cross held; Clara Barton, President - May. 21, 1881
- First Meeting Of S.F.E.A.S.T. Held - May. 22, 1787
- HMS Hood opens fire on the battleship Bismarck - May. 24, 1941
- HMS Hood sunk by battleship Bismarck - May. 24, 1941
- First Message in American Morse Code Sent from D.C. to Baltimore - May. 24, 1844
- Last Battle of battleship Bismarck begins - May. 26, 1941
- Battleship Bismark begins to sink - May. 27, 1941
- British fleet sinks battleship Bismarck - May. 27, 1941
- Patent Filed For Pop-Up Toaster - May. 29, 1848
- Rhode Island Ratifies The U.S. Constitution - May. 29, 1790
- William Wilberforce marries Barbara Ann Spooner - May. 30, 1797