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

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

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

1933  In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions on this day in history.  Share it »

1934  Nazi-Germany begins People's court on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1936  On this day in history emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia  Share it »

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

1937  Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  Share it »

1938  On this day in history ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"  Share it »

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

1939  On this day in history lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2  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  Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1942  Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma on this day in history.  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  German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia on this day in history.  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  On this day in history allies occupy Wismar  Share it »

1945  Berlin captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

1945  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 on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  German Army in Italy surrenders on this day in history.  Share it »

1945  On this day in history russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders  Share it »

1945  On this day in history yugoslav troops occupy Trieste  Share it »

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

1946  On this day in history prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die  Share it »

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

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

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  Share it »

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

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.  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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  Share it »

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  Share it »

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  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  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  Share it »

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  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 »