While it is a minor holiday in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo remembers the day the Mexican Army defeated this country in the Battle of Puebla:

On May 5, 1961, this man became the first American in space:

In 1937, this German airship burst into flames as it neared is landing location after a trans-Atlantic Voyage. A commentator who witnessed the inferno cried "Oh, the humanity!":

The sinking of this passenger ship by a German submarine hastened America's entry into World War I:

The "Three Bs" signify the supposed supremacy of classical music composers Bach, Beethoven, and this third composer born in 1833 in Germany:

This former political prisoner became the first black post-apartheid president of South Africa in 1994:

This former governor of Alabama was shot and permanently paralyzed from the waist down while campaigning for president.

Which American revolutionary (born in May 1736) said, "...give me liberty or give me death"?