- 2022: Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.
- 2021: Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
- 2021: A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
- 2017: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.
- 2016: Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
- 2016: Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
- 2015: At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
- 2014: Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 2013: A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
- 2008: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- 2006: Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
- 2002: The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
- 1998: The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
- 1995: The first version of the Java programming language is released.
- 1992: Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
- 1991: Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13.
- 1978: A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near the Russian town of Yegoryevsk, killing two.
- 1971: The Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.
- 1971: Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
- 1960: A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
- 1951: Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
- 1949: Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1948: Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1946: The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.
- 1945: World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
- 1945: World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
- 1941: World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
- 1939: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
- 1934: The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
- 1934: American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Data from muffinlabs (Updated at: 2025-05-23 01:49:53 UTC)
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- 2022年：澳大利亚工党的安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）在赢得2022年澳大利亚联邦大选后，宣誓就职澳大利亚第31位，结束了9年的保守统治。
- -2021：白俄罗斯当局迫使瑞安航空公司4978号降落，以拘留持不同政见的记者罗马普罗斯维奇。
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- 2021年：一辆缆车从意大利北部玛格尔湖附近的一座山上掉下来，炸死14人。
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- 2017年：菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特（Rodrigo Duterte）在莫特（Maute）在马拉维（Marawi）的袭击之后，在棉兰老岛宣布了戒严。
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- 2016年：伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国在叙利亚海岸线城市的伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国进行了八次轰炸。一百八十四人被杀，至少200人受伤。
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- 2016年：由伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国进行的两次自杀炸弹袭击，杀死了也门亚丁至少45名潜在陆军新兵。
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- 2015年：由于德克萨斯州，俄克拉荷马州和北部北部的洪水和龙卷风，至少有30人被杀。
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- 2014年：包括肇事者在内的7人被杀，另外14人在加利福尼亚大学圣塔芭芭拉分校校园附近的一次杀人狂潮中受伤。
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- 2013年：一座高速公路桥，上面载有5号州际公路，横越华盛顿山弗农山的斯卡吉特河倒塌。
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- 2008年：国际法院（ICJ）向马来西亚颁发了中岩和佩德拉·布兰卡（Pedra Branca）（普劳·巴图·普特（Pulau Batu Puteh））向新加坡颁发，结束了两国之间的29年领土争端。
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- 2006年：阿拉斯加Stratovolcano山爆发。
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- 2002年：京都批准冰岛后，达到了京都议定书的“ 55个当事方”条款。
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- 1998年：耶稣受难日协议在北爱尔兰的一次全民公决中接受，大约75％的投票是。
- -1995：发布Java编程语言的第一个版本。
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- 1992年：意大利最杰出的反马法亚法官乔瓦尼·法尔科内（Giovanni Falcone），他的妻子和三名保镖被西西里（Capaci）附近的Corleonesi氏族杀死，有半吨重的炸弹。他的朋友和同事Paolo Borsellino将在不到两个月后被暗杀，使1992年成为意大利黑手党起诉历史的转折点。
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- 1991年：Aeroflot 8556在普尔科沃机场坠毁，造成13人丧生。
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- 1978年：俄罗斯小镇Yegoryevsk附近的Tupolev Tu-144坠毁，杀死了两人。
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- 1971年：布加勒斯特的洲际酒店开业，成为该市的第二高建筑。
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- 1971年：当Aviogenex 130航班撞车前往现今的克罗地亚Rijeka（当时是南斯拉夫社会主义联邦共和国）时，Aviogenex 130航班坠毁时，有78人被杀。
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- 1960年：智利的地震造成的海啸造成了夏威夷希罗的61人。
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- 1951年：藏人与中国签署了17点协议。
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- 1949年：冷战：西方占领权批准了基本法，并建立了新的德国国家，即德国联邦共和国。
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- 1948年：美国总领事托马斯·韦森（Thomas C. Wasson）在以色列耶路撒冷被暗杀。
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- 1946年：在美国中部为期两天的龙卷风爆发的开始，至少产生了15次重要的龙卷风。
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- 1945年：第二次世界大战：卡尔·多尼兹（KarlDönitz）领导下的德国弗伦斯堡政府在其成员被英军逮捕时就解散了。
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- 1945年：第二次世界大战：Schutzstaffel负责人海因里希·希姆勒（Heinrich Himmler）在盟军监护权时自杀。
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- 1941年：第二次世界大战：德国伞兵在米西里亚（Missiria）开始了一系列大规模执行希腊平民，因为他们参加了克里特岛的持续战役。
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- 1939年：在测试潜水期间，美国海军潜艇USS Squalus在新罕布什尔州海岸下沉，导致24名水手和两名平民技术人员死亡。第二天救出了其余32名水手和一名平民海军建筑师。
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- 1934年：自动罢工在“托莱多战役”中达到高潮，这是俄亥俄州国民警卫队1,300名士兵和6,000名纠察队的五天梅雷。
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- 1934年：美国银行抢劫犯邦妮（Bonnie）和克莱德（Clyde）被警察伏击，并在路易斯安那州的比恩维尔教区被杀。
数据来源于muffinlabs并由googletrans自动翻译 （更新于: 2025-05-23 01:49:53 UTC）