Historical Events In May - 02
Sunday, 24 September 2023
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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