May 1906 calendar

Events

• 02 May 1906 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8.
• 03 May 1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey.
• 08 May 1906 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits two homeruns.
• 13 May 1906 Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem.
• 14 May 1906 Flagpole at the Chicago White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising.
• 19 May 1906 Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss President open Simplon tunnel
• 21 May 1906 Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars.
• 22 May 1906 10th anniversary of Olympics, celebration held in Athens, Greece.
• 25 May 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0.
• 26 May 1906 Archaeological Institute of America forms.
• 28 May 1906 Shields / Cobbs musical His honor, the Mayor, premieres in New York City
• 30 May 1906 40th Belmont Stakes: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20.
• 31 May 1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid.

Famous Birthday

• Bruno Groening
• Roberto Rossellini

  Italian acclaimed film director, producer and scenarist, the leading representative of the post WW II wave of realism.

• John Morrison (scientist)
• Mary Astor

  American actress, on-screen from 1920.

• René Huyghe

  French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art.

• Wolfgang Abendroth

  German sociologist who specialized in political sciences and educator.

• Charles Exbrayat

  French fiction writer, who published over 100 novels and short stories, most of them humorous thrillers.

• Paul Almasy
• David Van Vactor

  Plymouth, Indiana -- Composer (Chaconne).

• Belle Stewart

  Singer, dies at 91.

• Raymond Carrel

  France Actor.

• Frederic Prokosch

  American writer, known for his novels, poetry, memoirs and criticism.

• Humberto Delgado

  Portuguese military man, a general who opposed the dictator Antonio Salazar in the 1958 elections.

• Anna Roosevelt

  American political family, the first and only daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

• Ursula Jeans

  Simla, India -- Actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon).

• TH White

  British-Indian author who is best known for his multi-volume chronicles of King Arthur and his court, from "The Sword In The Stone," 1938 to...

• Maurice Thiriet

  French composer of classical and film music.

• Esmond Knight

  East Sheen, England -- Actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder).

• J C Higginbotham
• Albrecht Marcuse
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Famous Deaths

• Henrik Johan Ibsen Norwegian playwright (Doll House)

  dies at age 78.

• William Yeates Hurlstone composer

  dies at age 30.

• Hermann Schell German theologist (Gott und Geist)

  dies at age 56.

• King Alfonso

  XIII assassinated in Madrid.

• Henrik Ibsen

  Norwegian writer, a dramatist considered to be the father of modern drama as he introduced realism into the theater.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Billy Murray - The Grand Old Rag
2. Ada Jones - So Long, Mary
3. Vess Ossman - St. Louis Tickle
4. Frank Stanley - Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye
5. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Paddle Your Own Canoe