Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2025. There are 215 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally ...
Today is Thursday, May 29, the 149th day of 2025. There are 216 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Also on this date: In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th and final original colony to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1914, the Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of ...
Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 148th day of 2025. There are 217 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forced nearly 50,000 Native Americans to relocate to designated territories west of the Mississippi River. Also on this date: In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of free Black men, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War. In 1892, the Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco by naturalist John Muir. In 1918, American troops fought their first major ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began ...
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, May 24, the 144th day of 2025. There are 221 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. The gunman, Salvador ...
Today is Friday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2025. There are 222 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death during a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Also on this date: In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, aligning with the Triple Entente of Russia, France and the United Kingdom. In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler killed himself while in British custody in Lüneburg, Germany. In 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking ...
