May 1900 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1900 Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond.
• 02 May 1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell" premieres in London.
• 08 May 1900 Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
• 11 May 1900 James J Jeffries knocks out James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title.
• 12 May 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed.
• 14 May 1900 Second Boer War: The British Army relieves the Siege of Mafeking.
• 17 May 1900 Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• 18 May 1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga.
• 19 May 1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago.
• 20 May 1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
• 21 May 1900 Russia invades Manchuria.
• 22 May 1900 Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative.
• 23 May 1900 Associated Press News Service forms in New York.
• 24 May 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• 25 May 1900 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics.
• 26 May 1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa.
• 28 May 1900 Solar eclipse occurs.
• 29 May 1900 Trademark Escalator registered by Otis Elevator Company
• 31 May 1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg.

Famous Birthday

• Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
• Yvonne de Gaulle

  wife of Charles de Gaulle (Born 1900).

• Jean Carlu

  French graphic designer-artist who worked with one arm as he lost his right arm in a tramway accident at age 18.

• Karl Ernst Krafft
• Hans Frank

  German head of the Nazi Law Department and legal counsel to Hitler.

• Cesare Polacco

  Italian actor from age 19 in commercials, moving into stage and TV.

• Vina Bovy

  Belgian opera singer, soprano and opera director.

• Eduardo de Filippo
• Ignazio Silone

  Italian Author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78.

• Pierre Chaillet

  French Jesuit and founder of Cahiers du Témoignage chrétien.

• Maurice Villain

  French theologian, historian.

• Albert Nicholas
• Lesley Selander
• Catherine Robbins

  American educator, teacher of math and business at the new Pasadena City Jr.

• Ralph Truman

  Actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77.

• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

  English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979).

• Eduardo De Filippo

  Italian actor, a noted comedian and producer.

• Otto Bressensdorf

  German astrologer, he wrote five books on the item and several articles.

• U?adzimir Zylka

  Belarusian poet (d. 1933).

• Helene Weigel Austria/German actress (Metropolis

  Mutter Courage).

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Famous Deaths

• John Power

  Irish baronet / whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle.

• Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien

  French philosopher (Born 1813).

• Richard Storrs Willis composer

  dies at age 81.

• Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer

  dies at age 80.

• James Loudon Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1871-75)

  dies at age 75.

• Ivan Aivazovsky

  Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900).

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Top #2 songs in the USA

1. Steve Porter - A Bird in a Gilded Cage
2. J.W. Myers - Good-Bye, Dolly Gray