May 01 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony

May 08 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco

May 10 William Ferguson Massey, New Zealand statesman and prime minister (1912-25), dies in office.

May 26 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery

May 05 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak

May 21 George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt

May 04 League of Nations conference on arms control &poison gas usage

May 19 The birth of Malcom X, controversial American civil rights leader

May 05 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee

May 11 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR

May 11 Communist Party of Holland splits

May 12 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics

May 21 Canadians allow to beer sales

May 01 The island of Cyprus becomes a British colony

May 21 Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole

May 02 Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens

May 26 The birth of Roy Dotrice, American actor

May 30 British mariners shoot on demonstrators

May 09 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid

Jan 31 Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes President of Angola

Jan 05 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings

Jan 26 The birth of Paul Newman, American Actor and Oscar winner

Jan 07 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City NY

Jan 24 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden

Jan 02 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)

Jan 15 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP

Jan 05 Nellie Taylor Ross became Governor of Wyoming, first woman governor in USA

Jan 05 Nellie T. Ross becomes the first female governor in the US, succeeding her late husband as governor of Wyoming.

Jan 05 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings

Jan 05 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office

Jan 03 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator

Jan 31 Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes President of Angola

Jan 19 -48ºF (-44ºC), Van Buren ME (state record)

Jan 16 Leon Trotsky was dismissed as chairman of the Russian Revolution Military Council.

Jan 11 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Secretary of State

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