1720-The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000.
1810-In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo
1914-British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill
1942-First commercial fluid catalytic cracking facility begins production at Exxon, developed by the "Four Horsemen” research team at Exxon. The process now produces half the world's gasoline.
1961-JFK announces the U.S. goal of putting a man on the Moon before the end of the decade
2020-Video of African American George Floyd's arrest and murder while restrained in Minneapolis police custody shows he was pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin's knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, igniting widespread condemnation and nationwide protests
Source: Korea Times News
