2012:Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes that were committed during Sierra Leone 's civil war.
1909: American jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was known as the "King of Swing," was born.
1942: During World War II the British Royal Air Force dispatched more than 1,000 bombers against Cologne, Germany.
1925: In the May Thirtieth Incident, some 12 labour demonstrators were killed by British police in Shanghai, sparking nationwide strikes and protests in China.
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