April 27th

1521

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives of the Philippines.

April 28th

1788

Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.

1945

Benito Mussolini was executed.

April 29th

2011

Kate Middleton marries Prince William in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.

April 30th

1812

Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.

1945

Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.

1975

The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam’s surrender to North Vietnam.

May 1st

1931

The Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 102 stories, it would be the world’s tallest building for the next 41 years

1960

The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory.

May 2nd
1994

Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa’s first multiracial election.

2011

U.S. troops and CIA operatives shot and killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

May 3rd

1937

Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.

1979

Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.

Sources: factmonster.com