Jen and Jon Johnson

On May 11, 1987, the Nazi SS leader in France, Klaus Barbie, is finally put on trial for the 7500 Jews he sent to concentration camps and the 4000 Jews that he executed during World War II.

On May 9, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first national Mother’s Day holiday and then establishes Mother’s Day as the second Sunday in May.

On May 8, 1945, Nazi troops surrender to the Allies and Great Britain and the United States celebrate V-E Day – Victory in Europe Day. This is the end of World War II in Europe.

On May 5, 1862 During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico.

On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on protesters against the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.

On May 3, 1946, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese officials accused of committing war crimes & crimes against humanity during WWII.

On May 2, 1670 King Charles II grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company, made up of the group of French explorers who opened the North American fur trade to London merchants.

On May 1, 1898 At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. navy destroys the Spanish fleet in the 1st battle of the Spanish-American War – 400 Spanish soldiers died and only 6 US soldiers.