Today in History for May 1914
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 19 of 19
1st - China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
6th - British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
7th - US Congress establishes mother's day
7th - Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House
8th - Paramount Pictures is formed.
9th - 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
9th - Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
9th - J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
14th - Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0
15th - Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris
15th - Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
16th - American Horseshoe Pitchers Assn organizes in Kansas City
16th - Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens
21st - 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
21st - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
25th - British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
29th - Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
30th - The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
31st - Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 49 of 49
2nd - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (opened batting for S Africa v England 1947)
4th - Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
4th - Emmanuel Robles, Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs)
7th - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
8th - Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
8th - Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)
9th - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
9th - Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
9th - Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
9th - Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
9th - Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
10th - Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
10th - Lord Smith, British surgeon
11th - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. 1998)
12th - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
12th - Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
12th - Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
13th - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
13th - Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
15th - Jack Pepys, immunologist
15th - Pierre Froidebise, composer
15th - Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
16th - Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author
17th - Guido Masanetz, composer
18th - Anthony Fell, British MP
18th - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov)
18th - Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer (1940's "New Look")
19th - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
19th - Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
19th - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
20th - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)
20th - Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
22nd - Vance Packard, Granville Summit Pa, author (Hidden Persuaders)
22nd - Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
23rd - Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
23rd - Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
23rd - Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
23rd - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
24th - Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)
24th - George Tabori, writer
24th - Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress (Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)
26th - Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
27th - Hugh Le Caine, composer
27th - Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
27th - Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
28th - W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
29th - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
30th - Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)
31st - Akira Ifukube, composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
7th - Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
9th - C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
13th - R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies
17th - Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
25th - Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
27th - Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
28th - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
