May 15
May 15, 1890 William McBryar received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration,…
May 16
May 16, 1929 John Conyers, Jr., the longest serving black Congressman in the United States…
May 17
May 17, 1979 Henrietta Bradberry, inventor, died. Bradberry was born in Franklin, Kentucky, but…
May 18
May 18, 1896 The Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Plessy…
May 19
May 19, 1925 Malcolm X, Muslim minister and human rights leader, was born Malcolm Little…
May 20
May 20, 1743 Francois-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, Haitian patriot and revolutionary leader, was born enslaved in…
May 21
May 21, 1895 William B. Purvis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received patent number 539,542 for a…
May 22
May 22, 1940 Bernard Shaw, television news anchor, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Shaw served…
May 23
May 23, 1832 Samuel Sharpe, national hero of Jamaica, was hanged for leading the Christmas…
May 24
May 24, 1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader, died. James was…