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Memorial Day

Last Monday of May — the US's day to honor service members killed in war. Originated as Decoration Day after the Civil War in 1868; the federal Uniform Monday Holiday Act fixed it to Monday in 1971. Marks the unofficial start of summer.

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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.