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Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifte�
Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam in Saigon, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.
In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional M�
The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice.
French Revolutionary Wars: A British fleet captured six French ships of the line in a naval battle off Ushant that came to be known as the Glorious First of June (pictured).
The Indian state of Telangana was officially formed, with K. Chandrashekar Rao (pictured) becoming its first chief minister after his party, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, secured a majority in the le�
�n San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, a historic Catholic mission church in present-day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California, was established.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients wit�
The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, U.S., collapsed (failure pictured) as its reservoir was being filled for the first time, resulting in the deaths of eleven people and 13,000 cattle, and causing up to $�
Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States C�
Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (died 2018)
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.
The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army general officers, becoming the first women to do so.
Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.