Historical Events In May - 02

1915  Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on this day in history.  

1915  Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road on this day in history.  

1915  On May - 02 jan Hanus, composer  

1916  US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act on this day in history.  

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  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  Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder on May - 02.  

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

1918  On May - 02 frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat  

1919  The first US air passenger service starts on this day in history.  

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

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

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  1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on May - 02.  

1920  Jacob Gilboa, composer on May - 02.  

1921  On May - 02 begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia  

1921  On this day in history satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)  

1922  On this day in history wBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas  

1922  On this day in history abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)  

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 May - 02 senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0  

1923  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer on May - 02.  

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

1924  On May - 02 aafje Heynis, Dutch singer  

1925  Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens on this day in history.  

1925  On May - 02 kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens  

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

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

1927  On May - 02 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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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

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

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 02.  

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.  

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  

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

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.  

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