Historical Events In May - 02

1915  On this day in history australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli   

1915  On this day in history old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road   

1915  Jan Hanus, composer on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history uS President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act   

1917  The Drayton-Acworth report is produced being the findings of two out of three members of a Royal Commission which was set up in 1916. Sir Henry L. Drayton was Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada while William Ackworth came from London. The third member, who produced a minority report, was Alfred H. Smith, President of the New York Central Railway. The report recommends that the Government take over the Grand Trunk, the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern companies and operate them as one system together with the Intercolonial and the National Transcontinental Railway. The recommendations are accepted by the Government on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0   

1917  On this day in history albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder   

1918  On May - 02 general Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.   

1918  On May - 02 frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat   

1919  The first US air passenger service starts on May - 02.   

1919  1st US air passenger service starts on May - 02.   

1919  On this day in history than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)   

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.   

1920  The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on May - 02.   

1920  On May - 02 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis   

1920  Jacob Gilboa, composer on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia   

1921  Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) on May - 02.   

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 02 abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)   

1923  On May - 02 emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922   

1923  On this day in history senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0   

1923  On May - 02 christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer   

1924  Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR on May - 02.   

1924  Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer on May - 02.   

1925  Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens on May - 02.   

1925  On this day in history kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens   

1925  David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54) on May - 02.   

1926  US military intervenes in Nicaragua on May - 02.   

1927  International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens on May - 02.   

1927  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)   

1927  On this day in history intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens   

1927  Ray Barrett, Australian actor on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history kPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.   

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.