1471: Battle of Tewkesbury - The Wars of the Roses in England saw the Yorkists led by Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians, leading to the death of Prince Edward, the Lancastrian heir.
1626: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrived in New Netherland (now Manhattan Island) to create the Dutch West India Company.
1776: Rhode Island declared its independence from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
1814: Napoleon Bonaparte retreated from the Battle of the Pyrenees.
1886: The Haymarket Square riot occurred in Chicago during a labour rally for an 8-hour workday, resulting in several deaths and injuries.
1926: The general strike in the United Kingdom began, lasting for nine days.
1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea, a crucial naval battle in the Pacific during World War II, began between the United States and Japan.
1945: German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark, and northwestern Germany surrendered to the Allies, marking the end of World War II in those areas.
1959: The first Grammy Awards ceremony took place.
1970: Four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard during an anti-Vietnam War protest at Kent State University.
1979: Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1994: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed a peace accord regarding Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
2007: The Scottish National Party won the Scottish general election, becoming the first party other than Labour to govern Scotland since 1957.
2012: A rare solar eclipse, known as the "Ring of Fire," occurred across eastern Asia and the western United States.
2014: The Basque militant group ETA announced its dissolution, ending decades of violence and separatist activities.
2018: The United States officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a move that sparked controversy and protests.
2019: The Netherlands won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence.
2020: The first case of COVID-19 reinfection was reported in Hong Kong, raising concerns about the immunity and long-term effects of the virus.
2021: The Chinese rover Zhurong successfully landed on Mars, making China the second country to operate a rover on the red planet.
2022: Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched the first all-civilian mission, Inspiration4, into orbit around the Earth.
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