Page 5: Historical Events In May - 02

1915  Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road   

1915  On this day in history jan Hanus, composer   

1916  On this day in history uS President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act   

1917  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 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history 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   

1917  On this day in history albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder   

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

1919  On May - 02 gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies   

1920  On May - 02 the first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis   

1920  1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1920  On May - 02 jacob Gilboa, composer   

1921  On May - 02 begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia   

1921  Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) on this day in history.   

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

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

1923  On May - 02 emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922   

1923  On this day in history senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0   

1923  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer on May - 02.   

1924  On this day in history netherlands refuses to recognize USSR   

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 May - 02 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 this day in history kPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

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  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

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

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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)