Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1924  On this day in history unions terminate Twentse textile strike   

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  On this day in history geldrop soccer team forms   

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

1927  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin   

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  1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) on May - 05.   

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

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

1935  On this day in history 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" on May - 05.   

1936  On May - 05 edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip   

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

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  On this day in history emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa   

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

1942  Battle of Coral Sea on this day in history.   

1942  British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar on May - 05.   

1942  On this day in history uS begins rationing sugar during WWII   

1943  Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System on this day in history.   

1944  Gandhi freed from prison on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim   

1945  Denmark liberated from Nazi control on May - 05.   

1945  On this day in history germans surrender in Norway   

1945  Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated on this day in history.   

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0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.   

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.   

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on May - 05.   

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on May - 05.   

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  On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.   

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

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

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

1219  On May - 05 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  On this day in history frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62