11th of May – American Minute – Historical Events

Irving Berlin was born on MAY 11, 1888. He wrote "God Bless America" in 1917, saying, "To me, 'God Bless America' was not just a song but an expression of my feeling toward the country to which I owe what I have and what I am."

6th of May – American Minute – Historical Events

In exchange for 60 guilders of brass buttons, scarlet cloth and trade goods, Manhattan Island was purchased from the Manhattan Indian tribe on MAY 6, 1626, by the Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands Province.

1st of May – American Minute – Historical Events

MAY 1, 305 AD - the most powerful man in the world, Emperor Diocletian, stepped down from ruling the Roman Empire. With the Christian conscience silenced, Diocletian used the military to force all of Rome to worship pagan gods.