1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition – the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1925 – British mariners shoot on demonstrators
1937 – Memorial Day Massacre: Chicago Police Department shoot and kill 10 unarmed demonstrators during the “Little Steel Strike” in the United States
1946 – United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
1953 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of her Grand Slam
1954 – Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1977 – Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
1980 – 1st papal visit to France since 1814
1981 – LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendance in a season in only 22 games
2019 – Austria appoints its first female chancellor Brigitte Bierle to head caretaker government after fall of the coalition government