1912 – Royal Flying Corps forms in Great Britain
1915 – US Secretary of State Bryan sends a note to Germany demanding that Germany disavow the attacks on the Lusitania and make immediate reparations; however, the note is written only to ‘pacify exited public opinion’, according to Bryan
1933 – 58th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
1934 – Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies
1944 – 69th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
1973 – “Cyrano” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1992 – Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
1993 – CBS’ soap opera “Knots Landing” ends 14 year-run with 334th show in Netherlands and US
2019 – Former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is charged in connection with the deaths of protesters the previous month
2020 – Every African country now has cases of COVID-19 as Lesotho becomes the last county on the continent to record a case