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On this day in 1926, the Ford Motor Company became one of the first companies in America to adopt the 5-day 40-hour work schedule.

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(May 2). On this day in 1918, General Motors Corporation (GMAIL), which will become the world's largest automotive firm, acquires Chevrolet Motor Company.

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(May 3). On this day in 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born.

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(May 4)

On this day in 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule.

This day was also Star Wars Day. "May the Fourth be with you!"

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(May 5)
On this day in 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space

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(May 6)

On this day in 1994, a rail tunnel under the English Channel was officially opened, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age.

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(May 7)
On this day in 1994, Norway's most famous painting, "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, was recovered almost three months after it was stolen from a museum in Oslo.

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(May 8)
On this day in 2010, 88-year-old actress Betty White becomes the oldest person to host the long-running, late-night TV sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.

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(May 9)
On this day in 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

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(May 10)
On this day in 1869, the Transcontinental railroad was completed.

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(May 11)
On this day in 1751 - 1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America.

Happy Mother's Day!

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(May 12)
On this day in 1780, Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston

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(May 13)
On this day in 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk's request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas.

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(May 14)
On this day in 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves on a mission to explore from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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(May 15)
On this day in 1937, Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state, is born Maria Jana Korbelova.