TODAY IN HISTORY

• 2022 - USA

A mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.

• 2019 - UK

Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.

• 2018 - Nigeria

A report by Amnesty International finds thousands of women who survived sexual assault and kidnapping by Boko Haram militants faced hunger and further sexual abuse by security forces who claimed to be rescuing them.

• 2017 - Italy

Donald Trump in his first foreign trip as president met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Photo showed an apparently cheery Trump standing beside glum- looking pope. The White House report read: “The Pope did not say anything. He did not smile.” Pope Francis was critical of Trump, once saying, “a person who thinks only about building walls, not bridges, is not a Christian.”

• 2016 - Nigeria

Nigeria was on the brink of recession due to the low level of economic activities in the country due tolate passage of the budget, which made Nigeria suffer two successive negative quarters.

• 2014 - USA

Pres. Barack Obama made a surprise trip to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.

• 2001 - Nepal

Erik Weihenmayer ( 32), became the first blind person to reach the top of Mt. Everest. Bull Sherman became the oldest person to reach the peak.

• 1999 - Kosovo

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicted Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

• 1993 - Eritrea

Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after a 30- year civil war. Some 65,000 Eritreans lost their lives in the fight for independence. Pres. Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia allowed Eritrea to secede as reward for the support of its rebel forces in 1991.

• 1992 - Thailand

The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigned following prodemocracy protests.

• 1915 - USA

Thomas Edison invented the telescribe to record telephone conversations.