1896-Dow Jones Industrial Average begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks, the daily closing value is 40.9
1908-At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom
1927-Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie
1948-South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy
2004-The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2006-The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless