Page 5: Historical Events In May - 02

1915  On this day in history australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli   

1915  Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 02 jan Hanus, composer   

1916  On May - 02 uS President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act   

1917  On May - 02 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.   

1917  On this day in history 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   

1917  Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder on this day in history.   

1918  General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware on this day in history.   

1918  Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat on this day in history.   

1919  The first US air passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1919  1st US air passenger service starts on May - 02.   

1919  Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) on this day in history.   

1919  On May - 02 gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies   

1920  On this day in history the first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis   

1920  1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis on May - 02.   

1920  Jacob Gilboa, composer on this day in history.   

1921  Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia on this day in history.   

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

1922  WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas on this day in history.   

1922  Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times) on May - 02.   

1923  On this day in history emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, hanged for the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Steve Lawson in Sept. 1922   

1923  Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 on this day in history.   

1923  Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history netherlands refuses to recognize USSR   

1924  Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer on May - 02.   

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

1925  Kezar Stadium in SF's Golden Gate Park opens on this day in history.   

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

1926  On this day in history uS military intervenes in Nicaragua   

1927  On May - 02 international Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens   

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

1927  Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens on May - 02.   

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

1928  On May - 02 kPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

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 this day in history.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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 this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.