May 1916 calendar

Events

• 02 May 1916 US President Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act.
• 03 May 1916 The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
• 04 May 1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare.
• 05 May 1916 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924.
• 06 May 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa.
• 08 May 1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes.
• 09 May 1916 British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey.
• 10 May 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale North Dakota.
• 12 May 1916 James Connolly was sat on a chair and shot dead in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, after his role in the Easter Uprising
• 13 May 1916 Native American Day is 1st observed
• 15 May 1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front.
• 16 May 1916 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8.
• 17 May 1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), first introduced.
• 18 May 1916 US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft.
• 20 May 1916 Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
• 21 May 1916 Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time).
• 22 May 1916 French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun.
• 23 May 1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun.
• 24 May 1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker.
• 27 May 1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in the Bronx.
• 29 May 1916 Official flag of President of US adopted.
• 31 May 1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6

Famous Birthday

• Glenn Ford

  Canadian-American actor, with starring roles in over 200 movies by 1987, more than any other actor.

• Camilo José Cela
• Pierre Emmanuel

  French poet of Christian inspiration.

• Bert Haanstra

  Dutch documentary film maker specializing in the interpretation of his own country to itself and other nations.

• Massimo Serato
• Ivanoe Fraizzoli

  Italian sports executive, president of the soccer club 1968-1984 when they won two nationals and two Italian cups.

• Pierre Baudis
• Ondina Valla

  Italian gymnast who won the Gold Medal at the 1936 summer Olympics, in Berlin, Germany.

• Harold Robbins

  American author of popular novels.

• James H Binger
• Lee Sannella

  American M.D.

• Lord Robert McDonald
• Betty Comden
• Sif Ruud

  Swedish actress.

• Lydia Mendoza
• William Brown

  American engineer (d. 1999).

• Cyril Bowles

  bishop of Derby.

• Gordon Scarrott

  engineer.

• Virginia Ginny Simms

  Actress / singer (Kay Kyser Band).

• Swami Chinmayananda

  Indian spiritualist (d. 1993).

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Famous Deaths

• Max [Johann BJM] Reger

  German Composer / pianist / organist, dies at 43.

• Dirk Bos

  Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53.

• Boris Borisovich Galitzine

  Russian physicist (Born 1862).

• Earl Ross Drake composer

  dies at age 50.

• Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer

  dies at age 68.

• Horace Hood British spy (Battle of Jutland)

  dies in battle.

• Leaders of the Easter Rising\ \ Tom Clarke

  Irish Nationalist, Leader and Organiser of the Easter Rising (Born 1858)\ Thomas MacDonagh, Irish Nationalist and Leader of the Easter...

• Members of the Easter Rising\ \ Edward Daly

  Irish nationalist and Member of the Easter Rising (Born 1891)\ Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish nationalist and Leader of the Easter Rising (b.

• John MacBride

  Irish Nationalist and member of the Easter Rising (Born 1865).

• Max Reger

  German organist, composer, conductor and teacher who followed the footsteps of Johannes Brahms.

• Sholem Aleichem

  Ukrainian-American author and playwright (d. 1916).

• Ivan Franko

  Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916).

• Karl Schwarzschild

  German astronomer and physicist (Born 1873).

• Sholom Aleichem

  Russian author (Born 1859).

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