Historical Events In May - 02

1915  Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on May - 02.  

1915  Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history jan Hanus, composer  

1916  US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act on this day in history.  

1917  On May - 02 the Drayton-Acworth report is produced being the findings of two out of three members of a Royal Commission which was set up in 1916. Sir Henry L. Drayton was Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada while William Ackworth came from London. The third member, who produced a minority report, was Alfred H. Smith, President of the New York Central Railway. The report recommends that the Government take over the Grand Trunk, the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern companies and operate them as one system together with the Intercolonial and the National Transcontinental Railway. The recommendations are accepted by the Government.  

1917  Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0 on May - 02.  

1917  Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder on May - 02.  

1918  General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware on May - 02.  

1918  Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat on May - 02.  

1919  On May - 02 the first US air passenger service starts  

1919  1st US air passenger service starts on May - 02.  

1919  On this day in history than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)  

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on this day in history.  

1920  The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on May - 02.  

1920  On May - 02 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis  

1920  On May - 02 jacob Gilboa, composer  

1921  Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)  

1922  On this day in history wBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas  

1922  Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times) on May - 02.  

1923  Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922 on this day in history.  

1923  Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 on this day in history.  

1923  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer on May - 02.  

1924  Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR on May - 02.  

1924  Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer on May - 02.  

1925  On this day in history kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens  

1925  Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens on May - 02.  

1925  David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54) on this day in history.  

1926  US military intervenes in Nicaragua on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history international Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens  

1927  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)  

1927  On May - 02 intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens  

1927  On May - 02 ray Barrett, Australian actor  

1928  On May - 02 kPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions  

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.  

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.  

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.  

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)