? Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the first modern constitution in Europe
The Third of May 1808, by Francisco de Goya
? Day depicted by Spanish painter in his "," which he paints in 1814
? Britain's Trade Union Congress calls for the country's , begins at 1 minute to midnight in support of striking coal miners and lasts 9 days
? wins the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Gone with the Wind"
? German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona, laden with prisoners, is sunk by the Royal Air Force in the western Baltic Sea, killing 5,800 people in one of the largest maritime losses of life in ?
? Japan's post-war constitution goes into effect, granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor of all but symbolic power and outlawing Japan's right to make war
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Britain's first and only General Strike occurred in May 1926 and was quickly defeated by volunteers and a cunning plan by Winston Churchill.
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