May 20

North Carolina voted to secede from the Union.

Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.

Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

A mob attacked a busload of "freedom riders" in Montgomery, Ala., setting the bus on fire.

Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.

In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.

East Timor became the newest nation.

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