May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

May 01 Canada's first silver dollar is circulated

May 06 British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee

May 14 Los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US

May 24 Babe Ruth, in a Boston Braves uniform, hits the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates

May 29 Hague local museum opens

May 30 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies

May 25 Athlete Jesse Owens sets six world records in under an hour, infuriating Hitler

May 14 Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement

May 27 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional

May 31 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan

May 05 Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼"

May 26 Police kill 10, wound 100 in the "Memorial Day Massacre" in South Chicago.

May 18 T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

May 25 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates

May 01 Royal Canadian Mint circulates Canada's first silver dollar, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of George V

May 27 The U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act

May 01 Boulder Dam completed

May 25 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour

Jan 08 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy

Jan 08 The birth of Elvis Presley, American rock singer

Jan 28 Iceland is the first country to legalise abortion

Jan 15 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition

Jan 14 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use

Jan 23 Iroquois Falls Ontario the thermometer hits -60C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Ontario.

Jan 07 Zöe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City NY

Jan 01 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto

Jan 04 Bob Hope first heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"

Jan 31 30.5 cm (12.0") of rain falls, Quinault RS WA (state record)

Jan 13 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany

Jan 02 Bruno Hauptmann stands trial in New Jersey on charges of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby. Hauptmann is later found guilty and executed.

Jan 09 Bob Denver actor Gillis, Gilligan’s Island was born

Jan 01 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM

Jan 28 Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion

Jan 04 Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida established

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