Events in History
- May 6 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
Historic Invention
May 14 Gail Borden, land surveyor, newspaper publisher and inventor, patents his process for condensed milk
Birthdays in History
Weddings in History
- May 19 Dutch prince Henry marries princess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar
Deaths in History
- May 8 Joannes P. Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67