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October 2008

May 1 – The first U.S. postal card is issued, 1873.

May 6 – The Paris Exposition formally opens, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower, 1889.

May 9 – The House Judiciary Committee opens hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Nixon, 1974.

May 12 – The Federal Emergency Relief Ad­min­is­tration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are established to provide help for the needy and farmers, 1933.

May 15 – President Richard Nixon names two women generals, the first in U.S. history, 1970.

May 19 – In an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledges his country’s full support in the war against Japan, 1943.

May 22 – After nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosts NBC’s Tonight Show for the last time, 1992.

May 27 – American gunfighter and frontiersman Wild Bill Hickok is born in Troy Grove, Ill., 1837.

May 31 – South Africa becomes an independent republic, 1961.


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