FRIDAY, May 05, 2023

1920-U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal

1926-Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"

1932-Japan & China sign a peace treaty

1936-Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa

1944-Gandhi freed from prison

1950-Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand

1956-World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo

1962-"West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1965-First large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam

1979-Voyager 1 passes Jupiter

1980-Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building

1994-Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections

1994-North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen