May 1907 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies).
• 02 May 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government.
• 06 May 1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6.
• 07 May 1907 Charles Collier wins first Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph).
• 11 May 1907 Bank of SF incorporated
• 21 May 1907 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4.
• 22 May 1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex versus Somerset.
• 23 May 1907 The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• 26 May 1907 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in five inning game.
• 28 May 1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
• 30 May 1907 41st Belmont Stakes: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins.

Famous Birthday

• Katharine Hepburn

  American actress whose first screen appearance was in "A Bill of Divorcement," with John Barrymore, in 1932.

• John Wayne

  American actor, one of the historic icons of the silver screen.

• Laurence Olivier

  British actor, director and producer, considered by many to be the greatest actor of the twentieth century.

• Hergé

  Belgian cartoonist who was the creator of "Tintin.

• Kathryn Kuhlman

  American evangelist, minister and faith-healer, considered a great mystic and clairvoyant.

• Daphne du Maurier
• Rachel Carson

  American marine biologist employed by the U.S.

• Maxence Van der Meersch

  French Flemish writer.

• Hervé Alphand

  French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States, from 1956 to 1965.

• Martha Angelici

  French operatic soprano of Corsican origin, particularly associated with the French lyric repertoire.

• Eugène Claudius-Petit

  French politician who participated in many governments under the Fourth Republic and was a proponent of Firminy Vert.

• Germaine Tillion

  French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (Born 1907).

• Jacqueline Delubac

  French actress.

• DH Barber

  British journalist and magazine editor-publisher.

• Peter Fleming

  British writer of theatrical revues for The Spectator, and contributor of articles to a variety of British and American periodicals.

• Roger Gilbert-Lecomte
• Kate Smith

  American singer ("God Bless America"), dies in Raleigh, North Carolina at age 78 (born 1907).

• Hew Lorimer

  Scottish sculptor and noted family, the second son of the famous architect, Sir Robert Lorimer.

• Jean Bernard (physician)
• Robert Humblot

  France Painter.

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Famous Deaths

• Benjamin Baker

  English engineer (Born 1840).

• John Albert Delany composer

  dies at age 54.

• J K Huysmans writer

  dies at age 59.

• Edmund G Ross

  American Senator (Born 1826).

• Joris-Karl Huysmans

  French novelist (from Dutch ancestry), who had a civil job for 30 years at the French ministry.

• Ida McKinley

  American wife of William McKinley 25th First Lady of the United States (d. 1907).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ada Jones & Billy Murray - The Game of Peek-a-Boo (I'd Like to See a Little More of You)
2. Byron G. Harlan - School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)
3. Ada Jones - My Irish Rosie
4. Cal Stewart - The Wedding of Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy Smith (new version)
5. Henry Burr - Won't You Come Over to My House?