Historical Events for May 1920
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Results 1 - 20 of 20
1st - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
1st - Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
1st - Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
2nd - 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
5th - German-Latvian peace treaty signed
5th - Polish troops occupy Kiev
5th - US Pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
7th - USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
8th - 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
14th - Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
14th - Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
15th - Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
16th - Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint
16th - Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull
17th - 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
17th - 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)
18th - 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
20th - Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling
23rd - Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei
27th - Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
