Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1924  Unions terminate Twentse textile strike on May - 05.   

1924  Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child) on May - 05.   

1925  John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee on May - 05.   

1925  On May - 05 yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak   

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 May - 05 geldrop soccer team forms   

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

1927  Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin on May - 05.   

1927  On this day in history charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies   

1930  Bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history japan & China sign a peace treaty   

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

1935  On this day in history jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼"   

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  Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history 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  On this day in history flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky   

1940  On May - 05 norwegian Government in exile forms in London   

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

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

1941  On May - 05 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England   

1942  On this day in history 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  On this day in history postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System   

1944  On this day in history gandhi freed from prison   

1944  Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim on May - 05.   

1945  On this day in history denmark liberated from Nazi control   

1945  On May - 05 germans surrender in Norway   

1945  On May - 05 mauthausen Concentration camp liberated   

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0867  On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)   

1210  On May - 05 birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  On May - 05 birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  On this day in history birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

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

1194  On this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  On this day in history death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)   

1309  On May - 05 charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies   

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

1525  Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62 on May - 05.