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| 1503 – Christopher Columbus and his crew became the first Europeans to visit the Cayman Islands, naming them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there. | refimprove |
| 1768 – English radical John Wilkes was imprisoned in King's Bench Prison for criticising King George III, sparking riots in London. | unreferenced section |
| 1893 – For trade purposes under the Tariff Act of 1883, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable instead of a fruit. | refimprove |
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- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small force of American Patriots led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captured, without significant injury or incident, the small British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Delegates from the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to convene the Second Continental Congress, which would serve as the de facto national government of the future United States.
- 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U.S. consulate.
- 1824 – The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in the former townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein.
- 1833 – Lê Văn Khôi broke out of prison to start a revolt against Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng, primarily to avenge the desecration of the grave of his adopted father Lê Văn Duyệt, former viceroy of the southern part of Vietnam.
- 1849 – A personal dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready in New York City devolved into a riot that left at least 25 dead and more than 120 injured.
- 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the Bureau of Investigation, which would later become the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- 1940 – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor.
- 1941 – World War II: Nazi leader Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland, claiming to be on a peace mission.
May 10: Mother's Day in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico; Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel, 2011); Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia
- 1857 – The Sepoy Mutiny against the company rule by the British East India Company began.
- 1869 – The golden spike (replica pictured) ceremony was held at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the completion of North America's First Transcontinental Railroad between the Missouri and Sacramento Rivers.
- 1940 – World War II: A British force of 746 troops invaded and captured Iceland without opposition.
- 1997 – A 7.3 Mw earthquake struck Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
- 2005 – Ethnic Armenian Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush in Tbilisi, Georgia, using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.