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Science & Space
1961: U.S. President John F. Kennedy commits the United States to putting a man on the moon
240 B.C.: The first recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet occurred
Arts & Culture
1977: Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope premiered in theaters
1895: Oscar Wilde convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years of hard labor in prison.
1878: Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore premiered at the Opera Comique in London.
Politics & Independence
1810: The May Revolution began in Buenos Aires when citizens oust the Spanish viceroy, sparking the Argentine War of Independence
1963: The Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) was founded, commemorated annually on May 25 as Africa Day
1787: The U.S. Constitutional Convention officially commenced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1315: Invasion of Ireland; Edward Bruce, younger landed in Larne, County Antrim, with an army of 6,000 battle-hardened Scottish troops
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