Edmund I (920/921–946) was King of the English from 939 until his death. He was a son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife Eadgifu, and a grandson of Alfred the Great. Edmund's predecessor and half-brother Æthelstan had become the first king of all England when he conquered Viking-ruled York in 927, but on his death Anlaf Guthfrithson seized control of York and north-east Mercia. Edmund recovered control over all England in 944. He continued his brother's friendly relations with Continental rulers; some were married to his half-sisters. Key advisers include his mother and Ealdorman Æthelstan of East Anglia, known as the Half-King because he was so powerful. Edmund actively legislated. Three of his codes survive; they regulated feuds and emphasised the sanctity of the royal person. Edmund supported the religious English Benedictine Reform in its early stages. After a deranged thief killed him in a brawl he was succeeded by his younger brother Eadred (d. 955) and two sons in succession. (Full article...)

Village East by Angelika

• ... that Village East by Angelika (pictured) is the only remaining Yiddish theater building in what was once the center of New York City's Yiddish Theatre District?
• ... that James Edward Smith won the mayoralty of Toronto by one vote?
• ... that 'Til Kingdom Come, a documentary film about evangelical Christian Zionism in the United States, was blocked from airing on PBS due to its ing of a speech by Donald Trump?
• ... that Nazi war criminal Kurt Weigelt could not be directly employed by Deutsche Bank after World War II, so he reestablished Lufthansa?
• ... that the Battle of San Buenaventura was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "quirky skirmish ... that emptied the mission of wine and left its adobe walls pockmarked by cannon fire"?
• ... that the poet Habibi was adopted by Aq Qoyunlu ruler Ya'qub Beg as a child after he was found shepherding?
• ... that after the 1918 season, some Major League Baseball owners wanted the National Baseball Commission to be replaced by former President, William Howard Taft?
• ... that "it is almost impossible to find fault" with London's exclusive private dining club, Harry's Bar – until one receives the bill?

Anthony Albanese

• The Australian Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese (pictured), wins the most seats in the Australian federal election.
• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected as President of Somalia.
• In the United States, ten people are killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
• Ukraine, represented by Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania", wins the Eurovision Song Contest.

May 24: Aldersgate Day (Methodism)

John Wesley

• 1567 – The mentally ill King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family.
• 1738 – At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley (pictured) experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement.
• 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces finally captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.
• 1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• 2006 – An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been cred for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.