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May events mark milestones from riots to spaceflight
A May calendar of historic moments includes the Haymarket riot in 1886, the first Grammy Awards in 1959, Margaret Thatcher becoming Britain’s first female prime minister in 1979, Mary Kies’s 1809 patent, Puebla’s 1862 battle, Alan Shepard’s 1961 spaceflight, Lusitania sinking in 1915, VE Day in 1945, and Nixon impeachment hearings in 1974 among others.
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Chicago
Haymarket Square
Margaret Thatcher
Mary Kies
U.S
Puebla
Alan Shepard
Outer Space
Michael P. Fay
Singapore