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(May 16)

On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California.

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(May 17)
On this day, in 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education decision served to greatly motivate the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and ultimately led to the abolishment of racial segregation in all public facilities and accommodations.

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(May 18)
On this day in 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

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(May 19)
On this day in 1897, writer Oscar Wilde is released from jail after two years of hard labor. His experiences in prison were the basis for his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898).

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(May 20)
On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world's most famous garments: blue jeans.

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(May 21)
On this day in 1881, the American Red Cross was founded.

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(May 22)
On this day in 1455, the War of the Roses begins.

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(May 23)
On this day in 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are gunned down by Texas and Louisiana state police.

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(May 24)
On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opens.

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(May 25)
On this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas' blockbuster Star Wars movies hits theaters.

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(May 26)
Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving, while Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans.

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(May 27)
On this day in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Marin County, California, officially opens amid citywide celebration.

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(May 28)

On this day in 1937, Volkswagen is founded.

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(May 29)

On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of the year.