1890 Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma

1890 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London

1895 Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight

1895 Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison

1899 The first auto repair shop opens in Boston

1900 Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa

1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State

1902 Empire Day first celebrated in Britain

1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election

1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter

1915 Enemy Contracts Annulment Act

1915 Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried

1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations

1916 Conscription begins in Britain

1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured

1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname

1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker

1921 British Legion is formed

1921 The first parliament for Northern Ireland elected

1922 Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6ºC)

1922 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed

1928 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again

1930 Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week

1930 Bradman scores 252 Australia vs Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours

1930 The first woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)

1931 The first air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad

1934 Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia

1935 Babe Ruth, in a Boston Braves uniform, hits the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates

1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party

1940 Dutch army demobilizes

1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio

1940 German tanks reach Atrecht France

1940 Hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"

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