Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In May - 02
Saturday, 18 January 2025
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 May - 02.
1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act on May - 02.
1917 On May - 02 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.
1917 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 on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
1918 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1919 Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on this day in history.
1919 Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 02 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 May - 02.
1922 Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times) on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1925 Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens on May - 02.
1925 On May - 02 david Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)
1926 On this day in history uS military intervenes in Nicaragua
1927 On May - 02 international Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) on this day in history.
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 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions on May - 02.
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