May 1840

Friday 01:

The Penny Black postage stamp is put on sale in the United Kingdom.

The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

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