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MAY 10, 1837: Banks in New York City announced they would no longer redeem commercial paper in specie at full face value, creating a financial crisis and depression that lasted until the mid-1840s. https://t.co/7YAm1tkhXm
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MAY 8, 1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
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Gene Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was a prolific short story writer and novelist best known for his Book of the New Sun series (four volumes, 1980–1983), the first part of his "Solar Cycle".
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MAY 6, 1882: The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester A. Arthur, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers, the first law to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating.
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Ernst Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke, influential in the history of Expressionism.
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Luigi Russolo (30 April 1885 – 6 Feb 1947) was a Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises (1913). He designed and constructed a number of noise-generating devices. https://t.co/FCdYfiLFJC