Today in History for May 1884

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
1st - Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league
1st - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.
13th - Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms
14th - Anti-Monopoly party forms in US
16th - 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40.25
17th - Alaska becomes a US territory
19th - Ringling Brothers circus premieres
22nd - 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
23rd - 12th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39.5
24th - Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in US
26th - Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 v England XI in 4 hours
29th - 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
31st - Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

1st - Felipe Boero, composer
1st - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
2nd - Francois de Vries, Dutch economist
5th - Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35)
8th - Harry Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953), (d. 1972)
19th - Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)
21st - Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
22nd - Alceo Toni, composer
23rd - Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)
26th - Charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
27th - Bax Brod, composer
28th - Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
28th - Theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

1st - "Poems of Passion" author Ella Wheeler Wilcox (33) weds Robert M. Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
29th - Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

7th - Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
9th - Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
12th - Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
13th - Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies
17th - Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43