May 1910 calendar

Events

• 04 May 1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy.
• 06 May 1910 King George V ascends to British throne.
• 07 May 1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6.
• 10 May 1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4.
• 11 May 1910 US President William Taft signs a bill into law establishing Glacier National Park, the nation's 10th national park.
• 12 May 1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
• 14 May 1910 Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins.
• 16 May 1910 US Bureau of Mines forms.
• 17 May 1910 Canada sets the designs for the 1- through 50-cent coins.
• 18 May 1910 The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
• 19 May 1910 Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings.
• 30 May 1910 44th Belmont Stakes: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22.
• 31 May 1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of the Union of South Africa.

Famous Birthday

• Nathuram Godse

  Indian homicide; the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi by gunshot on 1/30/1948, 5:41 PM in Delhi, India.

• Eric Berne
• Artie Shaw

  American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (Born 1910).

• Joseph Allen Hynek
• Rachel Kempson

  English-American actress (d. 2003).

• Mary Lou Williams

  Black musician, dies at 71 in Durham, North Carolina.

• Laurance Rockefeller

  American conservationist and philanthropist (Born 1910).

• Giulietta Simionato

  Italian opera singer, a mezzo-soprano who made her debut in Florence in 1935.

• Maurice Noble
• T-Bone Walker

  blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at age 64.

• Franz Kline

  American painter and academic (d. 1962).

• Jimmy Demaret

  American golfer (Born 1910).

• Molly Lamont
• Imi Lichtenfeld

  Hungarian-Israeli martial artist boxer and gymnast (d. 1998).

• Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov

  Russian painter (d. 1972).

• Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle Washington

  actress (John and Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour).

• Mady Alfredo

  [Maria M the Brieder] actress (Alicia).

• Charles B Fulton

  American jurist (d. 1996).

• Jorge Croner

  de Vasconcelos composer.

• Alceo Galliera

  composer.

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Famous Deaths

• King Edward

  VII of the United Kingdom (Born 1841).

• Edward VII King of England (1901-10)

  dies at age 68.

• Stanislao Cannizzaro Italian chemist

  dies at age 85.

• William Huggins discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda

  dies.

• Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter

  dies at age 53.

• Flor van Duyse composer

  dies at age 66.

• Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin composer

  dies at age 88.

• Jules Renard French writer (Le plaisir the rompre)

  dies at age 46.

• Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev Russian composer (Islamej)

  dies at age 73.

• Artie Shaw

  American jazz musician, a clarinetist, ever associated with his 1938 recording of "Begin the Beguine" that made him a star.

• Elizabeth Blackwell

  Hastings -- 1st woman doctor of medicine.

• Mily Balakirev

  Russian composer (Born 1837).

• Eliza Orzeszkowa

  Polish author and publisher (d. 1910).

• Pauline Viardot

  French mezzo-soprano and composer (Born 1821).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune
2. Peerless Quartet (Columbia Male Quartet) - By the Light of the Silvery Moon
3. Arthur Clough - Daisies Won't Tell
4. John McCormack - Killarney
5. Bert Williams - The Mississippi Stoker