May Revolution
May Revolution is observed in Argentina (Día de la Revolución de Mayo). Recognized nationally.
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Full history →Notable · 2020
George Floyd, a black American man, was murdered (memorial pictured) during an arrest by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking violent riots in the U.S. and other countries where dozens of people were killed and armed militias took control of parts of Seattle and Minneapolis for months.- 2018The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
- 2018Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
- 2013Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.