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In auto racing, Nico Rosberg (pictured) wins the Monaco Grand Prix and Tony Kanaan wins the Indianapolis 500.

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Blue Is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

A Maoist attack on Indian National Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, India, kills at least 27 people.

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Several days of rioting occur in Stockholm, Sweden.

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May 28: Republic Day in Armenia and Azerbaijan (both 1918)

1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

1936 – English mathematician Alan Turing introduced the Turing machine (model pictured), a basic abstract symbol-manipulating device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm.

Belgium surrendered to Germany, Allied forces gained their first major victory on land when they recaptured Narvik, Norway

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1977 – A fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, US, killed 165 patrons.

2003 – As a result of criticism of his conduct, Peter Hollingworth resigned from his post as Governor-General of Australia.

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