Page 5: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1915  On May - 02 old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road   

1915  Jan Hanus, composer on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 02 uS President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act   

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1918  General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware on this day in history.   

1918  Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat on May - 02.   

1919  The first US air passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1919  1st US air passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1919  On May - 02 than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)   

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.   

1920  The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 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 May - 02 satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)   

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on May - 02.   

1922  On this day in history abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)   

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

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

1923  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history netherlands refuses to recognize USSR   

1924  Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  On May - 02 david Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)   

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

1927  International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)   

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

1927  Ray Barrett, Australian actor on May - 02.   

1928  KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

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

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

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  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

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)