May 1909 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium.
• 02 May 1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in first inning against Chicago Cubs.
• 03 May 1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2.
• 07 May 1909 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv).
• 08 May 1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon
• 12 May 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8.
• 13 May 1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in the Netherlands
• 17 May 1909 White firemen on Georgia railroad strike to protest hiring blacks.
• 24 May 1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter.
• 29 May 1909 In Shepard, Texas, USA a meteorite drops through a house.
• 30 May 1909 National Conference on the Negro is held.

Famous Birthday

• James Mason

  England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil).

• Guy de Rothschild
• René Bousquet

  French government employee; appointed General Secretary of the Vichy police by Prime Minister Pierre Laval during WW II, 1942, a post he...

• Magda Schneider

  German actress and singer in operatic films and musicals.

• Benny Goodman
• Léo Lapara
• René Lefèvre-Bel

  French theatre, film and stage actor, who died on 10 January 1999 at Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne, France.

• Edwin H Land

  American scientist and inventor (Polaroid Corporation) (Born 1909).

• Margaret Sullavan

  American actress who reached the peak of her acclaim in the 1943 stage production, "Voice of the Turtle.

• Maybelle Carter

  American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978).

• Maurice Tirmarche

  Clermont-Ferrand Painters.

• Nicholas Winton

  British humanitarian and Supercentenarian who organized the rescue of 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia on the eve of...

• Teddy Stauffer

  Swiss-American bandleader, restaurateur, and playboy, a part-owner of the Villa Vera resort hotel and of a restaurant-nightclub in Acapulco.

• Pierre Abelin

  French politician and political actiivist, a champion for centrist principles in French parliamentary social democracy.

• Dolores Hope

  American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011).

• Louis Giusta
• Pierre Destailles
• George Melachrino

  Composer, dies at 56.

• Matt Busby

  Scottish soccer manager of "Manchester United" from 1946-1970.

• Giulio Carlo Argan
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Famous Deaths

• Pauline Staegeman German feminist

  dies.

• Friedrich von Holstein German diplomat

  dies.

• Johannes de Koo journalist/playwright

  dies.

• George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways)

  dies at age 81.

• Isaac Albeniz

  Spanish pianist and composer (Born 1860).

• Ernest Hogan

  American comedian and musician, one of the creators of ragtime (Born 1859).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Harry Tally - In Those Good Old Country Days
2. Peerless Quartet (Columbia Male Quartet) - Roses Bring Dreams of You
3. Manuel Romain - To the End of the World With You
4. Billy Murray - I Wish I Had a Girl
5. Ada Jones & Billy Murray - Shine On, Harvest Moon