1867 – Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
1910 – 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
1924 – Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1951 – International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
2007 – Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University announces he has discovered the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, West Bank
2008 – Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as the 3rd President of the Russian Federation
2012 – NATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan’s Badghis Province
2013 – The Dow Jones Industrial average and SandP 500 set record highs
2014 – Fighting between pro-Russian and Kiev forces continue amid fears internationally of a civil war in Ukraine
2017 – “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” becomes the highest grossing Indian box office film ever earning $120 million