Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1924  Unions terminate Twentse textile strike on May - 05.   

1924  On this day in history leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)   

1925  On May - 05 john T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee   

1925  Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 05 monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)   

1926  Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history geldrop soccer team forms   

1926  On May - 05 ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch)   

1927  On May - 05 dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin   

1927  Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 05 bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours   

1930  On May - 05 the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)   

1930  On this day in history 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)   

1932  On May - 05 japan & China sign a peace treaty   

1934  60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04 on May - 05.   

1935  Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼" on May - 05.   

1935  On May - 05 jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½"   

1936  Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip on May - 05.   

1936  On this day in history italian troops occupy Addis Ababa   

1938  On May - 05 phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning   

1939  Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history norwegian Government in exile forms in London   

1940  Norwegian govt in exile forms in London on this day in history.   

1941  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa on this day in history.   

1941  2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 05 battle of Coral Sea   

1942  On May - 05 british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar   

1942  US begins rationing sugar during WWII on this day in history.   

1943  Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System on May - 05.   

1944  On this day in history gandhi freed from prison   

1944  Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history denmark liberated from Nazi control   

1945  Germans surrender in Norway on this day in history.   

1945  Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated on May - 05.   

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0867  On this day in history birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)   

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.   

1352  On May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on May - 05.   

1557  On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.   

0311  On this day in history gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50   

0984  On this day in history death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia   

1028  On this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on this day in history.   

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on May - 05.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62