Today in History for May 1895
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
6th - 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.50
7th - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
8th - China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
17th - W G Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol
20th - 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
24th - Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
25th - 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5
25th - Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
25th - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
27th - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
30th - W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 33 of 33
1st - Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)
2nd - Alfred Kurella, writer
2nd - Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads)
2nd - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
3rd - Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
3rd - Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
3rd - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
6th - Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)
6th - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
6th - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
8th - Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
8th - Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
8th - Jose Gomez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
8th - James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (d. 1962)
9th - Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
9th - Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
11th - Jan Parandowski, writer
11th - William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
12th - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
14th - Lew Lehr, Phila, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
14th - Renato Lunelli, composer
15th - Charles Lamont, SF CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars)
15th - William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (d. 1941)
19th - Albert Hay Malotte, composer
19th - Cecil Gray, composer
20th - Reginald J "R" Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire)
22nd - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12]
24th - H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)
24th - Samuel I Newhouse, US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
26th - Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer
26th - Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx)
27th - Marij Kogoj, composer
30th - Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
11th - Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
15th - Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
19th - Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
21st - Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
23rd - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96
24th - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
25th - Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
