Shayetet 13 soldiers tried to stop the flotilla that wanted to break the blockade on Gaza Strip. During the boarding on the MV Mavi Marmara ship, a violent confrontation had started. It caused the death of 9 activists who were on board, and several more injured activists. Moreover, several israeli soldiers were injured.

''Vanity Fair'' reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.

Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.

1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.

Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.

The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.

The West Indies Federation dissolves.

Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.

Republic of South Africa created.

Zoot Suit Riots begin

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.

A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland claims 38 lives.

A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.

The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.

Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.

World War I: Battle of Jutland

The ocean liner ''R.M.S. Titanic'' is launched.

Creation of the Union of South Africa.

Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.

Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria

In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.

American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor

American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.

The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.

The civil death procedure is abolished in France.

In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.

The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.

Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.

American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions adopted in the Province of North Carolina

The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.

The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.

Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.

King Henri III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (''New Bridge''), the oldest bridge of Paris.

Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.

Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River

A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.