May 15 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates

May 02 French troops occupy Fès El Bali Morocco

May 23 New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft

May 25 Revolution in México overthrows President José Porfirio Diaz

May 15 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill

May 27 The birth of Vincent Price, American film actor

May 17 The birth of Maureen O'Sullivan, American film actress

May 08 Navy ordered its first airplane, Curtiss A-1, Birthday of Naval Aviation

May 09 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland

May 29 The first Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)

May 07 Large demonstrations held in New York, demanding women's right to vote

May 18 President/dictator José Porfirio Diaz of México term ends

May 15 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)

May 16 Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf

May 08 Iceland gives the vote to women

May 20 Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs Sussex

Jan 31 Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site

Jan 01 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government

Jan 05 San Francisco has it's first air meet

Jan 11 Record Alberta low temperature of -61.1C recorded at Fort Vermilion

Jan 09 Toronto born Mary Pickford (Gladys Smith) appears in her first IMP film, Their First Misunderstanding.

Jan 05 Portuguese expel Jesuits

Jan 01 Belgian Mining law introduces 9½-hour work day

Jan 07 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam

Jan 17 First aircraft landing on board a ship, USS Pennsylvania by Eugene Ely.

Jan 26 Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA

Jan 17 Failed assassination attempt on premier Aristide Briand in French Assembly

Jan 10 The first photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego

Jan 03 US postal savings bank inaugurated

Jan 07 First airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco

Jan 07 First airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco

Jan 10 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)

Jan 17 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly

Jan 18 A plane lands on the deck of a ship for the first time, in the USA

Jan 21 The first Monte Carlo motor rally begins.

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