10. Task Force 16
Task Force 16 was the name of the group of ships that were grouped together to fight in the Pacific Theater during World War 2…
9. The Wizard of Oz
In May of 1900, the novel The Wizard of Oz was published.. Thirty-nine years later, the book would be transformed into a blockbuster movie…
8. Mercury-Atlas 9
In May of 1963, American astronaut Gordon Cooper orbited the earth over 20 times in 33 hours and traveled over one million miles…
7. Robert Smalls
In May of 1862, Robert Smalls led a group of slaves who commandeered the “CSS Planter” and escaped to freedom. during the US Civil War…
6. Robert Gray
In May of 1792, Robert Gray captained an expedition that provided the name Columbia for the great river of the Pacific Northwest…
5. The Mexican-American War Begins
Under President James K. Polk, the United States invaded Mexico in 1846 causing the Mexican American War…
4. Battle of the Coral Sea
In 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy and ships from the navies of the Allies met at the Battle of the Coral Sea…
3. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, helped to lead resistance against westward infringement during the late 1800s in the American Midwest…
2. Brooklyn Dodgers
In May of 1957, both the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers received permission from baseball owners to move out of New York…
1. U-2 Incident
In May 1960, American pilot Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union while flying a U-2 spy plane creating the U-2 Incident.