1624 – Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1784 – Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough, South Carolina)
1885 – Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge in Bristol, England
1902 – Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors
1941 – German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1942 – Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea
1945 – German General Wilhelm Keitel formally surrenders to the Allies represented by the United States, the UK, France and the Soviet Union in Berlin
1961 – Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
1994 – Erling Kagge becomes the first person to complete the Three Poles Challenge.
1999 – Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 7th May 2019
1718 – The city of New Orleans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
1891 – Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Muslim rebellion, 300 killed
1921 – 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
1925 – Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
1925 – Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
1960 – “From A to Z” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
1961 – “Young Abe Lincoln” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 27 performances
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1973 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist’s Daughter)
1986 – 30th European Cup: Steaua Bucuresti beats Barcelona (0-0, 2-0 on penalties) at Seville
Historical Events for 6th May 2019
1896 – 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
1902 – Zulu assault at Holkrantz, South Africa
1933 – 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1945 – General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1966 – Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1967 – 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order
1974 – Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
1974 – A’s pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Historical Events for 5th May 2019
1814 – British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
1861 – Alexandria, Virginia – Confederate troops abandon the city
1924 – Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
1926 – Geldrop soccer team forms
1955 – West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
1964 – Separatists riot in Quebec
1971 – Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
2001 – 127th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Chavez aboard Monarchos wins in 1:59.97
2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army
2012 – 17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal
Historical Events for 4th May 2019
1634 – Johan van Walbeeck’s fleet departs to West Indies
1799 – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
1863 – End of Chancellorsville – Beaten Union army withdraws
1916 – At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
1953 – Pulitzer Prize for Literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway for “The Old Man and The Sea”
1963 – Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
1985 – 30th Eurovision Song Contest: Bobbysocks! for Norway wins singing “La det swinge” in Gothenburg
1990 – Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
1994 – Arsenal of England win 34th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Parma of Italy 1-0 in Copenhagen
2008 – Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep “Family Guy” and “American Dad” on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world’s highest paid television writer
Historical Events for 3rd May 2019
1791 – Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, becoming the 1st modern constitution in Europe
1863 – Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
1919 – Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
1948 – 1st broadcast of “CBS Evening News” – longest running network news show in the US
1976 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt’s Gift)
1986 – NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1995 – “My Thing of Love” opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
1995 – David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy)
2014 – 61st National Film Awards (India): “Ship of Theseus” wins the Golden Lotus
2018 – Bollywood actors both posthumously recognized at India’s National Film Awards; Sridevi Kapoor Best Actress for “Mum” and Vinod Khanna recieves Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Historical Events for 2nd May 2019
1917 – Cin Fred Tooney and Chic’s Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
1923 – Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
1942 – Japanese troops occupy Mandalay, Burma
1949 – Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
1952 – 1st performance of John Cage’s “Water Music”
1958 – Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC
1962 – OAS strikes in Algeria
1986 – Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
1991 – Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on Centesimus annus
1993 – “Tango Passion” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
Historical Events for 1st May 2019
1625 – Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
1822 – John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston
1915 – German submarine torpedoes US tanker Gulflight
1928 – Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
1940 – 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
1946 – Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named “American Mother of Year”
1978 – 1st African American mayor of New Orleans, Ernest Nathan Morial, inaugurated
1984 – Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
1988 – “Romance/Romance” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
2009 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed British Poet Laureate – first Scot and woman Laureate
Historical Events for 30th April 2019
1492 – Spain announces it will expel all Jews
1852 – Anton Rubinsteins opera “Dmitri Donskoi” premieres in St Petersburg
1863 – Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1900 – The “Hawaiian Organic Act” is enacted by US Congress making Hawaii a US territory
1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative
1973 – Paul McCartney releases “Red Rose Speedway” including “My Love”
1988 – NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
1988 – 33rd Eurovision Song Contest: Celine Dion for Switzerland wins singing “Ne partez pas sans moi” in Dublin
2008 – Heidi Klum launches her clothing line for Jordache
2013 – Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna is declared “The First Superstar of Indian cinema” at the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards
Historical Events for 29th April 2019
1905 – 2″ rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, Texas
1910 – Ex-US President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
1927 – Construction of Spirit of St Louis (the monoplane which Charles Lindburgh was to fly across the Atlantic) is completed
1943 – Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter” premieres in London
1945 – US Army liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany
1955 – Giovanni Gronchi elected third President of Italy
1971 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 – NFL Draft: South Carolina running back George Rogers first pick by New Orleans Saints
1987 – Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1995 – Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario