May 12
1916: James Connolly is executed in Ireland.
May 13
1932: Hundreds of picketers force police and bailiffs to abandon an eviction in Surry Hills, Sydney.
1968: 10 million workers take part in a general strike in France.
May 14
1948: The state of Israel is declared.
May 15
1888: Australia's first journal entirely produced and printed by women, The Dawn, is published in Sydney.
May 17
1834: George Loveless, the last of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, is transported to Australia for the "crime" of forming a union.
May 19
1919: Malcolm X is born.
May 21
1969: Massive protests force the release of jailed unionist Clarrie O'Shea.
1998: The Indonesian democratic movement forces dictator Suharto to resign.
May 22
1963: The fight for community control of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal settlement in Gippsland begins.
May 23
2002: Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members are charged over an action at Skilled Engineering.