8th of May – American Minute – Historical Events
"I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my Lord and my people." Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, was born on MAY 8, 1884.
7th of May – American Minute – Historical Events
General Dwight Eisenhower met National Socialist Workers Party emissaries in France where they signed an unconditional surrender, ending World War II in Europe, MAY 7, 1945.
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.
4th of May – American Minute – Historical Events
William McGuffey sold a million copies of McGuffey's Readers a year for over 100 years. "Erase all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would absorb the whole man."
3rd of May – American Minute – Historical Events
James McHenry - a physician in the Revolutionary War, a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Constitution - died MAY 3, 1816. McHenry helped plan the Military Academy at West Point.
2nd of May – American Minute – Historical Events
The director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, died MAY 2, 1972. Hoover established the use of fingerprints in law enforcement and successfully tracked down well-known criminals.