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May 15, 1911 - The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an unreasonable monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders it to be broken up.

u/Agreeable-Storage895 — 7 days ago

May 14, 1878 - The last witchcraft trial in the he United States opens. Lucretia Brown accused Daniel Stafford of trying to harm her through "mesmeric" mental powers. It also took place in Salem.

u/Agreeable-Storage895 — 8 days ago

May 11, 1997 - Deep Blue becomes the first computer to beat a chess champion in a chess match under standard tournament registrations. The match lasted from May 3 to 11 and ended with Garry Kasparov being defeated in a 6 match game.

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