1453 – Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29
1865 – Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama, last major battle of the US Civil War
1902 – Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands
1932 – “Tarzan the Ape Man” released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films
1977 – Montreal Canadiens rout the Washington Capitals, 11-0 at the Montreal Forum to set an NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss
1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws
1993 – Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
2019 – 70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall
2020 – Spain’s death toll passes 10,000 (10003), as it posts a record single-day rise of 950 deaths