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Page 5: Historical Events In May - 17

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1898  Camp Merritt forms in Presidio [see 0503].  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  Ralf Harolde, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Mafeking in South Africa relieved  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Nicolai Berezowsky, composer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  John Vincent, composer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Douglas Packard, British Lt General  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade," premieres in Paris.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  John Patrick, screenwriter.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  Eric Mensforth, president (Westland Aircraft).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  Sigismund Toduta, composer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Canada sets the designs for its 1 cent to fifty cent coins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Canada sets the designs for the 1-50 cent coins.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  Maureen O'Sullivan, American film actress is born.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  In this year, 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale claims in 1:51.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1912  Archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1913  Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Guido Masanetz, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  National Baptist Convention chartered  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  In this year, 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden claims in 1:58.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), inaugural introduced.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1155  Jien: Japanese poet and historian  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1443  Edmund: Earl of rutland, brother of kings edward iv of england and richard iii of england  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1444  Sandro botticelli: Italian painter (birth of venus)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1451  Engelbert ii: Earl of nassau-dillenburg-dietz/viceroy of luxembourg  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1490  Albrecht von hohenzollern: 1st duke of prussia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  Martinus a del rio: Spanish/south neth lawyer/historian/theologist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  Martin delrio: Flemish theologian and occultist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  Christoph thomas walliser: Composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1050  Death of Guido van arezzo: Italian music theorist,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1189  Minamoto no yoshitsune: Japanese general (b. 1159)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  Death of Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (b. 1288)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1365  Louis vi the roman: Duke of bavaria and elector of brandenburg (b. 1328)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1395  Constantine dragas: Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  Death of Thomas de ros: 10th baron de ros, english politician (executed) (b. 1427)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  Death of Alessandro di botticelli: Painter (birth of venus),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  Death of Edward stafford: 3rd duke of buckingham, english politician (b. 1478)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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