Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.

Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.

In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.

The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.

In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.

Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.

A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.

In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.

In Florida, Liberian freighter ''MV Summit Venture'' collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.

Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.

Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.

Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.

Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.

The FDA announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

''Sam and Friends'' debuts on a local United States television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and The Muppets.

Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.

L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is released.

Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.

World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower’s deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.

Holocaust: The SS murder 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported.

World War II: The German submarine ''U-110'' is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

World War II: The German submarine ''U-9'' sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy took to the airwaves becoming an overnight radio sensation.

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).

Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.

World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.

The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed {{convert|100|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.

Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.

The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.

''Der Krach'': Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.

The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded.

Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.

Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the New World.

'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.

Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.

Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.