While in exile in Saint Helena, this world leader and military mastermind succumbs to stomach cancer. 1821
Napoleon Bonaparte
88.6%
Simon Bolivar
4%
Louis XVI
3.2%
King George III
2.3%
This namesake of the MLB's top pitching award throws the first perfect game of the Modern era, as the Boston Americans defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0. 1903
Cy Young
81.1%
Addie Joss
3.4%
Rube Waddell
6.5%
Bill Carrick
5.6%
This horse wins the Kentucky Derby, setting a record time that still stands at Churchill Downs, the first victory on its way to a Triple Crown. 1973
Secretariat
77.7%
Seattle Slew
6.9%
War Admiral
5.9%
American Pharoah
5.5%
Italian forces march into this Ethiopian capital, bringing an end to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and seizing control of the nation. 1936
Addis Ababa
74.1%
Bamako
4%
Mogadishu
14.2%
Kinshasa
3.9%
Known as a forefather of Existentialism, this Danish philosopher, and author of 'Sickness Unto Death' and 'Fear and Trembling', is born in Copenhagen. 1813
Søren Kierkegaard
59.9%
Arthur Schopenhauer
7.7%
Immanuel Kant
25.7%
Ludwig Feuerbach
6.1%
Mexican forces defeat the French at this battle, celebrations of which are today known unofficially as the Cinco de Mayo holiday. 1862
Battle of Puebla
40.9%
Battle of Camarón
8.5%
Battle of Acapulco
13%
Battle of San Jacinto
34.9%
Mary Dixon Kies becomes one of the first women to receive a US patent on receipt of one from this president, for her technique of weaving straw through silk for hats. 1809
James Madison
37.9%
Thomas Jefferson
32.2%
John Quincy Adams
18.5%
Martin Van Buren
11.3%
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