Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1925  Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office).   

1926  Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"   

1926  Geldrop soccer team forms.   

1926  Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch).   

1927  Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin   

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

1930  Bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours.   

1930  The inaugural woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)   

1930  1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)   

1932  Japan and China sign a peace treaty   

1934  In this year, 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade claims in 2:04.   

1935  Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼"   

1935  Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½"   

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

1936  Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa.   

1938  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.   

1940  Norwegian Government in exile forms in London   

1940  Norwegian govt in exile forms in London   

1941  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa   

1941  2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England.   

1942  Battle of Coral Sea   

1942  British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar   

1942  US begins rationing sugar during WWII.   

1943  Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System   

1944  Gandhi freed from prison.   

1944  Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim   

1945  Denmark liberated from Nazi control   

1945  Germans surrender in Norway   

1945  Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated.   

1945  Netherlands was liberated by the Canadian Forces from the Germans in second world war   

1945  Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated   

1945  Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague   

1947  Mississippi Valley flooding results in the deaths of 16 and leads to $850 million in damage   

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0867  Uda: Emperor of japan   

1210  King afonso iii of portugal: King afonso iii of portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  Ruprecht: Roman catholic german king   

1479  Guru amar das: Third sikh guru   

1546  Thomas cecil: 1st earl of exeter, english politician   

1557  Emmanuel-philibert van lalaing: Baron of montigny/marquis of renty   

1635  Philippe quinault: French playwright (l'amant indiscret)   

1657  Jacques danican philidor: Composer   

0311  Death of Gaius vm galerius: Emperor of rome,   

0984  Gerberga of saxony: Queen of western francia   

1028  Alfonso v: King of leon/galicia (999-1028),   

1194  Kazimierz ii: The justified, grand duke of poland (1177-94),   

1219  King leo ii of armenia: King leo ii of armenia (b. 1150)   

1309  Death of Charles ii: The lame, king of naples (1285-1309),   

1504  Anton of burgundy: The great bastard, knight,   

1525  Death of Frederik iii: The wise, ruler of saxon (1486-1525),