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2014 – American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou—whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression—died at age 86.

1998 – Pakistan successfully conducted several underground nuclear tests, making it the seventh country to possess nuclear weapons.

1937 – The German automaker Volkswagen was founded to mass-produce a low-priced “people’s car”; the company was originally operated by a Nazi organization.

1908 – Ian Fleming, author and creator of the James Bond spy novels that have become iconic movies, was born in London, England.

1830 – The Indian Removal Act was passed, allowing U.S. President Andrew Jackson to grant Native American tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their settlements within the borders of developing U.S. states, thereby clearing the way for further white settlement.

1804 – Napoleon proclaimed the establishment of the French Empire.

 

BONUS: May 29, 1953

Following numerous failed attempts by others, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 29,032 feet.

 

Source: britannica.com