Historical Events Happened In May - 02

1930  Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights on this day in history.  Share it »

1932  Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history.  Share it »

1932  Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) on this day in history.  Share it »

1932  On this day in history jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)  Share it »

1933  On this day in history in Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions  Share it »

1934  On this day in history nazi-Germany begins People's court  Share it »

1936  "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow on this day in history.  Share it »

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia on this day in history.  Share it »

1936  On this day in history "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow  Share it »

1937  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73  Share it »

1938  Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" on this day in history.  Share it »

1938  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)  Share it »

1939  Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on this day in history.  Share it »

1941  On this day in history anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq.  Share it »

1941  FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.  Share it »

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy  Share it »

1941  On this day in history nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists  Share it »

1941  On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1  Share it »

1942  On this day in history japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma  Share it »

1942  On this day in history 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4  Share it »

1943  On this day in history german troops vacate Jefna Tunisia  Share it »

1944  WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  Allies occupy Wismar on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  On this day in history berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2  Share it »

1945  Berlin surrenders to Russian troops on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  British Army enters Lubeck in the Baltic, sealing off German forces in Denmark on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  On this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina &Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen  Share it »

1945  On this day in history first Helicopter Rescue--Lieutenant August Kleisch, USCG, flying a HNS-1 helicopter rescued 11 Canadian airmen that were marooned in northern Labrador about 125 miles from Goose Bay  Share it »

1945  On this day in history german Army in Italy surrenders  Share it »

1945  Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1946  Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die on this day in history.  Share it »

1947  Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  Share it »

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  Share it »

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

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

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

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  Share it »

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

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  Share it »

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

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)  Share it »