Page 4: Historical Events In May - 25
Friday, 20 March 2026
1907 Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer (silent springs). 

1908 David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia) 

1910 French troops occupy Morocco, North Africa 

1910 Ernest Anderson, publicist 

1911 Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz. 

1912 Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas). 

1913 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman. 

1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule. 

1914 Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 

1915 Second Battle of Ypres ends with 105000 casualties. 

1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105000 casualties 

1915 Daniel Wolf, journalist. 

1916 Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario [or May 29] 

1916 Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies. 

1917 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?). 

1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72. 

1918 Claude Akins, Nelson GA, actor (BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo). 

1919 In this year, Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap. 

1919 Gino Negri, composer. 

1919 Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 

1921 Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969) 

1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump. 

1923 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader. 

1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places) 

1924 Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51. 

1925 Aldo Clementi, composer. 

1926 Sholom Schwarzband results in the deaths of exiled Ukrainian Nationalist leader Simon Petlura. 

1926 Miles Davis, American jazz trumpet player is born. 

1926 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic. 

1926 Kitty Kallen, rocker. 

1926 Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 

1927 Henry Ford formally ends producing Model T car (begins Model A) 

1927 Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity) 

1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is inaugural woman to fly Atlantic Ocean 

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