Today in History for May 1889

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

1st - 2nd International Congress calls for 1st International Workers Day 1st May 1890 to mark protests in Chicago in 1886
1st - Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
2nd - Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
6th - Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
9th - 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.50
10th - 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
14th - The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London.
18th - Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris
29th - August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen
30th - Brassier invented
31st - Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

4th - Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
5th - Herbie Taylor, cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
6th - Arthur Morison, typographer
10th - Mae Murray, Portsmouth, Virginia, American silent screen actress (d. 1965)
12th - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
15th - Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
16th - Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
17th - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel)
18th - G Gunnarson, writer
18th - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
20th - Felix Arndt, composer
20th - Margery Allingham, detective story writer
20th - William Lawther, union leader
23rd - José Padilla, Almería, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge)
23rd - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
25th - Gilardo Gilardi, composer
25th - Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
25th - Sverre Jordan, composer
31st - Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

9th - William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
10th - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
14th - Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
15th - Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
17th - William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
18th - Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
28th - Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37