Page 5: Historical Events In May - 02

1915  On May - 02 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  US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act on May - 02.   

1917  On this day in history 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  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  Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder on this day in history.   

1918  General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware on this day in history.   

1918  Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat on May - 02.   

1919  On this day in history the first US air passenger service starts   

1919  On May - 02 1st US air passenger service starts   

1919  Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies   

1920  On May - 02 the first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis   

1920  On this day in history 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis   

1920  On May - 02 jacob Gilboa, composer   

1921  Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia on May - 02.   

1921  Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) on this day in history.   

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on May - 02.   

1922  Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times) on this day in history.   

1923  Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922 on this day in history.   

1923  Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 on May - 02.   

1923  On this day in history christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer   

1924  Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR on this day in history.   

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 this day in history international Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens   

1927  Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) on May - 02.   

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

1927  On this day in history ray Barrett, Australian actor   

1928  KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)