Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In May - 02
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1915 Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on May - 02. 
1915 On May - 02 old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
1915 On this day in history jan Hanus, composer
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 May - 02 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 On May - 02 general Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1918 On May - 02 frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat
1919 The first US air passenger service starts on May - 02.
1919 On May - 02 1st US air passenger service starts
1919 Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on May - 02.
1919 Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on this day in history.
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 Jacob Gilboa, composer on May - 02.
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 On this day in history abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)
1923 Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922 on May - 02.
1923 On May - 02 senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
1923 On May - 02 christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer
1924 On May - 02 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 On May - 02 uS military intervenes in Nicaragua
1927 On May - 02 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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