May 16 Israel issues its first postage stamps

May 28 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement

May 17 Soviet Union recognized Israel

May 04 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death

May 15 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel

May 14 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem

May 15 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends

May 14 PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel

May 10 Winston Churchill visits The Hague

May 17 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha & Telel-Kadi

May 11 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa

May 18 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus

May 14 US grants Israel de facto recognition

May 08 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours

May 15 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

May 26 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers

May 14 Jewish provisional government formed as British Mandate for Palestine ends

May 01 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea

May 12 Queen Wilhelmina resigns

May 16 Egyptians enter the Gaza

May 23 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns

May 23 Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel

May 26 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy

May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams

May 16 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece

May 14 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak

May 18 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

May 16 Chaim Weizmann elected first President of Israel

May 05 The first air squadron of jets aboard a carrier

May 20 The first use of Israeli Air Force & first war victory, defeating Syrian army

May 01 Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"

May 07 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death

May 05 Belgian Government of Spaak resigns

May 11 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy

May 10 The first attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel

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