Today in History for May 1874

Months in 1874: January February March April June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

5th - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
9th - Victoria Embankment, in London opens
9th - The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, plying two routes.
12th - US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
13th - Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
14th - 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats Uni of McGill (Montreal) 3-0
16th - 1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg Mass)
26th - 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5
29th - Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

3rd - Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
3rd - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
10th - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
12th - Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
13th - Henry Clough-Leiter, composer
19th - Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)
20th - Folkert E Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry
22nd - Daniel F Malan, premier of South-Africa (1948-54)
22nd - Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer
26th - Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)
27th - Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]
27th - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)
29th - G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], London, English writer (Man Who Made Gold)