May 8, 1902Mount Pelee volcano, on the French Island of Martinique in the east W. Indies, blows its top and wipes out the town of St. Pierre. A pyroclastic flow killsup to 40,000 people.

May 9, 1992Armenian soldiers attack Azerbaijan for the first time. The war is led by pressure from ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh area to become independent.

May 10, 1871France signs a peace agreement with Germany in Frankfurt after been defeated in the