Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1924  Unions terminate Twentse textile strike on this day in history.   

1924  On May - 05 leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)   

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

1925  On this day in history yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak   

1925  Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office) on May - 05.   

1926  On May - 05 sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"   

1926  Geldrop soccer team forms on this day in history.   

1926  Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch) on this day in history.   

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

1932  Japan & China sign a peace treaty on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04   

1935  On May - 05 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  On this day in history edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip   

1936  On this day in history 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 on May - 05.   

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

1940  Norwegian Government in exile forms in London on May - 05.   

1940  Norwegian govt in exile forms in London on May - 05.   

1941  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa on May - 05.   

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

1942  Battle of Coral Sea on May - 05.   

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  On this day in history russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim   

1945  Denmark liberated from Nazi control on this day in history.   

1945  Germans surrender in Norway on May - 05.   

1945  On this day in history mauthausen Concentration camp liberated   

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

1210  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer   

0311  On May - 05 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  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.   

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on May - 05.   

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 May - 05.   

1525  Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62 on this day in history.