Page 5: Historical Events In May - 02

1915  Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road   

1915  On May - 02 jan Hanus, composer   

1916  US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act on this day in history.   

1917  The Drayton-Acworth report is produced being the findings of two out of three members of a Royal Commission which was set up in 1916. Sir Henry L. Drayton was Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada while William Ackworth came from London. The third member, who produced a minority report, was Alfred H. Smith, President of the New York Central Railway. The report recommends that the Government take over the Grand Trunk, the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern companies and operate them as one system together with the Intercolonial and the National Transcontinental Railway. The recommendations are accepted by the Government on this day in history.   

1917  Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0 on this day in history.   

1917  Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder on May - 02.   

1918  On this day in history general Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.   

1918  On May - 02 frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat   

1919  On this day in history the first US air passenger service starts   

1919  1st US air passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1919  Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on May - 02.   

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.   

1920  The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1920  1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history jacob Gilboa, composer   

1921  On May - 02 begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia   

1921  On this day in history satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)   

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on May - 02.   

1922  On this day in history abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)   

1923  Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922 on May - 02.   

1923  Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 on May - 02.   

1923  On May - 02 christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer   

1924  On this day in history netherlands refuses to recognize USSR   

1924  On May - 02 aafje Heynis, Dutch singer   

1925  Kezar Stadium in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park opens on May - 02.   

1925  On May - 02 kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens   

1925  David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54) on May - 02.   

1926  On this day in history uS military intervenes in Nicaragua   

1927  International Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 02 pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)   

1927  On this day in history intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens   

1927  Ray Barrett, Australian actor on this day in history.   

1928  KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)