Historical Events Happened In May - 02

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

1932 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (The Good Earth) Share it »

1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) on this day in history. 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 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 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 on this day in history. Share it »

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

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

1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy on this day in history. 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 On this day in history japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma Share it »

1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 on this day in history. 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 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 On this day in history berlin surrenders to Russian troops 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 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 German Army in Italy surrenders on this day in history. Share it »

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

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

1945 On this day in history martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies Share it »

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

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

1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" on this day in history. Share it »

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1360 On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) Share it »

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

1458 On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) 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 On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) 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 »

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

1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on this day in history. Share it »

1488 Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies on this day in history. Share it »

1519 Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 on this day in history. Share it »

1564 Death of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) on this day in history. Share it »