Page 5: 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  Jan Hanus, composer on May - 02.   

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

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 May - 02.   

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 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 May - 02.   

1919  Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on May - 02.   

1919  On this day in history gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies   

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

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

1920  On this day in history jacob Gilboa, composer   

1921  Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia on May - 02.   

1921  On May - 02 satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)   

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

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 May - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1925  On May - 02 kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens   

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 May - 02.   

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

1927  Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) on this day in history.   

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

1927  Ray Barrett, Australian actor on this day in history.   

1928  KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions on May - 02.   

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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  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

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

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

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

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

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