In a historic political shift, David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, made headlines in May 2010 when he became Britain’s youngest prime minister in nearly two centuries.

On May 11, 1997, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov resigns after 19 moves in a game against Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by scientists at IBM.

On May 11, 1996, tragedy struck when ValuJet Flight 592, an Atlanta-bound DC-9, experienced a catastrophic failure shortly after taking off from Miami International Airport.

On May 11, 1981, Bob Marley, the soul and international face of reggae music, died in a Miami, Florida, hospital.

Title: Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo Vindicated: The Pentagon Papers Trial Ends in Dismissal In a landmark decision that reverberated through the legal and political landscape, U.

On May 11, 1972, Mexican American labor organizer and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez begins a hunger strike.

On May 11, 1947, the B.

In 1946, a remarkable humanitarian initiative began to take shape as the first CARE packages made their way to Europe, specifically landing at the port of Le Havre, France.

In 1935, the United States witnessed a transformative shift in rural life with the establishment of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) as a key component of President Franklin D.

In a landmark moment for the film industry, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) was founded on May 4, 1927, during a lavish banquet held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.