Page 6: Historical Events In May - 05

1924  On this day in history unions terminate Twentse textile strike   

1924  Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child) on May - 05.   

1925  John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee on this day in history.   

1925  Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak on this day in history.   

1925  Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office) on this day in history.   

1926  Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" on May - 05.   

1926  On May - 05 geldrop soccer team forms   

1926  On May - 05 ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch)   

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

1927  On May - 05 charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies   

1930  On this day in history bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours   

1930  The first woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) on this day in history.   

1930  1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) on this day in history.   

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

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

1935  Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼" on May - 05.   

1935  Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½" on May - 05.   

1936  On this day in history edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip   

1936  On May - 05 italian troops occupy Addis Ababa   

1938  On May - 05 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  On May - 05 flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky   

1940  On May - 05 norwegian Government in exile forms in London   

1940  Norwegian govt in exile forms in London on May - 05.   

1941  On May - 05 emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa   

1941  2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 05 battle of Coral Sea   

1942  On this day in history british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar   

1942  On May - 05 uS begins rationing sugar during WWII   

1943  Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System on May - 05.   

1944  Gandhi freed from prison on this day in history.   

1944  Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim on May - 05.   

1945  Denmark liberated from Nazi control on this day in history.   

1945  Germans surrender in Norway on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 05 mauthausen Concentration camp liberated   

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0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.   

1210  On May - 05 birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

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  On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on this day in history.   

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

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.   

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on May - 05.   

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on May - 05.   

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  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on this day in history.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.   

1525  Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62 on this day in history.