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Born: Jo Ann Pflug, actress, in Atlanta, Georgia.Italian mystic Gemma Galgani and French nun Mary Euphrasia Pelletier were canonized by Pope Pius XII.Born: Elsa Peretti, jewelry designer, in Florence, Italy (d.Swedish Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson declared that Sweden would defend its neutrality "with all the means in our power.".

The very old Norwegian minelayer Uller, captured and pressed into service by the Germans, was bombed and beached by a Heinkel He 115 of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service.

The Norwegian troopship Dronning Maud was sunk by German aircraft.

Norwegian troops at Lillehammer surrendered to the Germans.This date would be postponed a few more times prior to May 10 due to weather. Adolf Hitler set a date of May 6 for the western offensive.The Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang began in China.The following events occurred in May 1940: 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December >