Historical Events In May - 05
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1924 On May - 05 unions terminate Twentse textile strike
1924 Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child) on this day in history.
1925 On May - 05 john T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak on May - 05.
1925 On May - 05 monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)
1926 On this day in history sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1926 Geldrop soccer team forms on this day in history.
1926 On May - 05 ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch)
1927 On May - 05 dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
1927 On May - 05 charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
1930 On this day in history bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours
1930 On this day in history the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1930 On this day in history 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1932 On May - 05 japan & China sign a peace treaty
1934 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04 on May - 05.
1935 Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼" on this day in history.
1935 On May - 05 jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½"
1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip on this day in history.
1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa on this day in history.
1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning on May - 05.
1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky on May - 05.
1940 On this day in history norwegian Government in exile forms in London
1940 Norwegian govt in exile forms in London on this day in history.
1941 On May - 05 emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
1941 On May - 05 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England
1942 Battle of Coral Sea on May - 05.
1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar on this day in history.
1942 On May - 05 uS begins rationing sugar during WWII
1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history gandhi freed from prison
1944 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim on this day in history.
1945 Denmark liberated from Nazi control on this day in history.
1945 On May - 05 germans surrender in Norway
1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated on May - 05.
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