May 24, 1883 – Brooklyn Bridge opens connecting New York City and Brooklyn The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge Ohio eBook Project book

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May 23, 1934 – Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are killed by the police. [FBI documents regarding Bonnie and Clyde] J 1.14/2:98026089  Online access from catalog

May 22, 1843 – Known as the “Great Emigration,” a massive wagon train made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, set off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Westward vision: the story of the Oregon Trail F880 .L39   Stacks

May 21, 1881 – American National Red Cross founded. A story of the Red Cross; glimpses of field work by Clara Barton HV577 .B3  Stacks

May 20, 1956 – The United States conducts the first airborne test of an improved hydrogen bomb over the island of Namu in the Bikini Atoll  in the Pacific Ocean. The hell bomb 623.45 L373  Dewey Stacks

May 19, 1749 – King George II of England grants the Ohio Company a charter of several hundred thousand acres of land around the forks of the Ohio River. George Mercer of the Ohio Company : a study in frustration F229.M5 J3   Stacks

May 18, 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts 30 Cool facts about Mount St. Helens : commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, come and explore I 19.174:103 Connect to http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo19159

May 17, 1954 – In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas : cultural landscape guidelines I 29.2:Br81  online Connect [...]

May 14, 1897  – “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia. Perspectives on John Philip Sousa LC 12.2:So8/2 Federal Documents