Mount Unzen erupts in Ky?sh?, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
2 June 1962
During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games…
1 June 1941
The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
27 May 1971
Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
25 May 1977
Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.