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  Jan Hanus, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  On May - 02 the first US air passenger service starts   

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 May - 02.   

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

1920  On this day in history jacob Gilboa, composer   

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

1921  On this day in history satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)   

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1923  On May - 02 christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer   

1924  Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history aafje Heynis, Dutch singer   

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  On this day in history david Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)   

1926  On May - 02 uS military intervenes in Nicaragua   

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  Ray Barrett, Australian actor on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 02 kPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions   

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1360  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 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  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

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 this day in history.   

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

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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

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

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

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.