| On this day, May 24th
On this day in 1830, the first passenger railroad in the U.S. began service and Israeli troops pulled out of Lebanon after 18 years of occupation in 2000.
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| On this day, May 23rd
On this day in 1430, Joan of Arc was captured and notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were shot and killed in 1934.
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| On this day, May 22nd
On this day in 1892, the toothpaste tube was invented and North and South Yemen merged in 1990.
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| On this day, May 21st
Johnny Carson retires as host of The Tonight Show in 1992 and Hollywood mourns an acting legend on this day in 2000.
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| On this day, May 20th
Shakespeare's sonnets are published for the first time in 1609 and Charles Lindbergh makes aviation history on this day in 1927.
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| On this day, May 19th
A famous rendition of Happy Birthday is sung on this day in 1962 and Mount St. Helen's erupts on this day in 1980.
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| On this day, May 18th
On this day in 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of France and Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington on 1980.
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| On this day, May 17th
The U.S. Supreme Court makes a big decision on this day in 1954 and the state of Massachusetts makes a big decision of its own in 2004.
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| On this day, May 16th
On this day in 1888, the gramophone made its debut and Junko Takei became the first woman to scale Mount Everest.
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| On this day, May 15th
On this day in 1718, the machine gun was patented in England and pantyhose went on sale in the United States in 1940.
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