Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01
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1886 Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens). 

1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48). 

1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 

1889 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International. 

1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3. 

1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay. 

1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay. 

1892 Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone). 

1892 Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89. 

1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago. 

1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946). 

1896 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65. 

1898 George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila. 

1898 Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62) 

1898 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81. 

1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT. 

1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah. 

1900 Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread and Wine). 

1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo. 

1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox. 

1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85. 

1903 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores and Biographies"), dies. 

1904 AntonÃnDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62. 

1905 Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) 

1906 Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest 

1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 

1907 Belgian Government of De Trooz forms 

1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies). 

1907 Belgium govt of De Trooz forms 

1907 Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group) 

1908 World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama. 

1908 World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama 

1908 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone). 

1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium. 

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