Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Wed May 05 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/05/1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
05/05/1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
05/05/1635 Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
05/05/1657 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
05/05/1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer
05/05/1708 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, baptised
05/05/1715 Daniel Dal Barba, composer
05/05/1749 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
05/05/1804 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Aerdsch Paradise)
05/05/1813 S�ren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher (founded Existentialism)
05/05/1815 Eug�ne-Marin Labiche, French playwright
05/05/1817 George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
05/05/1818 Karl Marx, philospher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
05/05/1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
05/05/1823 James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
05/05/1826 Eug�nie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperoress of France
05/05/1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
05/05/1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
05/05/1842 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
05/05/1846 Federico Chueca, composer
05/05/1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
05/05/1848 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer
05/05/1849 Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
05/05/1854 Antonio Smareglia, composer
05/05/1865 Felicjan Szopski, composer
05/05/1867 Nellie Bly, whose name became a synonym for female star reporter
05/05/1867 Thomas Tertius Noble, composer
05/05/1869 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begr�s)
05/05/1871 Alberto Cametti, composer
05/05/1879 Symon Petljoera, leader Ukraine (pogroms)
05/05/1883 Charles Bender, only Americian Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
05/05/1883 Leopold Samuel, composer
05/05/1883 Petar Konjovic, composer
05/05/1884 Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35)
05/05/1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
05/05/1886 Manuel Borguno, composer
05/05/1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury
05/05/1890 Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
05/05/1899 Freeman Gosden, Richmond Va, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy)
05/05/1900 Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924)
05/05/1900 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
05/05/1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
05/05/1903 James Beard, US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices)
05/05/1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
05/05/1905 Arnold Meijer, leader of fascist Nationally Front
05/05/1907 Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer
05/05/1908 Jacques Massu, French general (Algeria)
05/05/1908 Rex Harrison, [Reginald Carey], Engld, actor (My Fair Lady, Cleopatr
05/05/1910 William I Martin, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II)
05/05/1912 Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], actress (Alexander's Ragtime Band)
05/05/1913 Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band)
05/05/1915 Richard H Rovere, Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper)
05/05/1916 Mutal' Burkhanov, composer
05/05/1919 George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
05/05/1919 Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
05/05/1921 Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters)
05/05/1922 Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
05/05/1924 Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
05/05/1924 Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
05/05/1925 Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)
05/05/1926 Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch
05/05/1927 Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
05/05/1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport La, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy)
05/05/1929 John S Ragin, Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
05/05/1930 Michael J Adams, pilot (X-15)
05/05/1932 Aurel Stroe, composer
05/05/1932 Will Hutchins, Atwater Calif, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
05/05/1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)
05/05/1937 Robert E 'Rob' van Gennep, publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mand�l)
05/05/1938 Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End)
05/05/1938 Johnnie Taylor, US gospel singer (I Believe in You)
05/05/1938 Michael Murphy, US, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman)
05/05/1939 James R Jones, (Rep-D-OK, 1973- )
05/05/1941 Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
05/05/1941 Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
05/05/1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man)
05/05/1943 Michael Palin England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)
05/05/1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris France, actor (Detective)
05/05/1944 John Rhys Davies, Salisbury England, actor (Sir Edward-Quest)
05/05/1945 Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
05/05/1948 Bill Ward, rocker (Black Sabbath)
05/05/1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
05/05/1949 Michael Murphy, LA Calif, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages)
05/05/1950 Maggie MacNeal, singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
05/05/1952 Louis Cortiezzi, rocker (Mink DeVille)
05/05/1953 Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rocker (Between Friends)
05/05/1954 Peter Erskine, jazz drummer (Weather Report)
05/05/1955 Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
05/05/1956 Dick Kemper, bassist (Vandenberg)
05/05/1957 Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudia Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop)
05/05/1957 Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
05/05/1959 Ian McCullough, rocker (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
05/05/1961 Hiro Hase, wrestler (NJPW)
05/05/1962 Lori Singer, actress (Footloose, Summer Heat)
05/05/1964 Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
05/05/1972 Wendy Kaye, Memphis Tenn, playmate (Jul, 1991)
05/05/1973 Tina Yothers, Whittier Calif, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties)
05/05/1976 Sage Stallone, actor (Rocky V)/Syvester's son
05/05/1990 Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, NYC, daughter of Caroline
Deaths:
05/05/ 311 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
05/05/1028 Alfonso V, King of Le�n/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
05/05/1194 Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
05/05/1309 Charles II, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
05/05/1504 Anton van Bourgondie, [Great Bastard], knight, dies at about 82
05/05/1525 Frederik III the wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies
05/05/1553 Erasmus Alberus, Germ theologist (Barf�sser M�nche), dies at about 5
05/05/1582 Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
05/05/1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
05/05/1613 Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66
05/05/1678 Anna M van Schurman, poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
05/05/1702 Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
05/05/1705 Leopold I, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
05/05/1786 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
05/05/1821 Napoleon I Bonaparte, emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena
05/05/1827 Frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
05/05/1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 66
05/05/1837 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer, dies at 85
05/05/1840 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
05/05/1840 Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
05/05/1859 Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies
05/05/1864 John Marshall Jones, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 43
05/05/1864 Leroy A Stafford, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 42
05/05/1875 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Dutch parliament (1848-75), dies at 71
05/05/1885 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
05/05/1886 Joseph Albert, German photographer, dies at 61
05/05/1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
05/05/1909 Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
05/05/1921 Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies
05/05/1927 Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
05/05/1945 Gu�mundur J�nsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56
05/05/1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), die
05/05/1951 Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
05/05/1956 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French dictionary, dies at 88
05/05/1957 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74
05/05/1960 Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
05/05/1963 Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies
05/05/1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (St�l), dies at 73
05/05/1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
05/05/1971 Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
05/05/1972 Rev Gary Davis, musician, dies
05/05/1976 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
05/05/1977 Ludwig Erhard, German CDU-minister of Economic Businesses, dies at 8
05/05/1980 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer, dies at 79
05/05/1981 Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike
05/05/1983 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
05/05/1986 Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
05/05/1986 Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
05/05/1988 Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist
05/05/1992 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
05/05/1992 Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at 72
05/05/1993 Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
05/05/1993 Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
05/05/1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83
Significant Events:
05/05/ 553 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens
05/05/1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
05/05/1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany
05/05/1646 King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
05/05/1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Op�ra of Paris
05/05/1749 Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year' [?]
05/05/1789 French king Louis XVI calls for Etats-G�n�raux
05/05/1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
05/05/1809 Citzenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland
05/05/1814 British attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY
05/05/1816 American Bible Society organized (NY)
05/05/1834 Charles Darwins expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
05/05/1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
05/05/1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
05/05/1853 R Luther discovers asteroid #26 Proserpina
05/05/1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast
05/05/1861 Alexandria, VA - CS troops abandon city
05/05/1861 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #70 Panopaea
05/05/1862 French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
05/05/1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, VA
05/05/1863 Battle of Tupelo, MS
05/05/1863 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round
05/05/1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
05/05/1864 Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
05/05/1864 Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
05/05/1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA
05/05/1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend Ohio)
05/05/1867 Battle of Puebla; M�xicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo
05/05/1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
05/05/1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
05/05/1891 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
05/05/1893 Great crash on NY Stock Exchange
05/05/1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia (3-0)
05/05/1905 'Chicago Defender,' begins publishing
05/05/1905 Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper 'Chicago Defender'
05/05/1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #638 Moira
05/05/1908 Great White Fleet arrives in SF
05/05/1912 1st legal publication of 'Pravda'
05/05/1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
05/05/1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS)
05/05/1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
05/05/1916 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
05/05/1917 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
05/05/1920 German-Latvian peaces treaty signed
05/05/1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev
05/05/1920 US pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
05/05/1921 Minature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm)
05/05/1922 Construction on Yankee Stadium (Bronx) begins
05/05/1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
05/05/1925 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
05/05/1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
05/05/1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for 'Arrowsmith'
05/05/1927 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
05/05/1930 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
05/05/1932 Japan & China sign a peace treaty
05/05/1935 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1693 Hertzsprung
05/05/1935 Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8�'
05/05/1936 Italians troops conquer Addis Ababa
05/05/1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
05/05/1940 Norwegian govt in exile forms in London
05/05/1941 2 Fokker's employees flee naiz occupied Netherlands to England
05/05/1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
05/05/1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night
05/05/1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
05/05/1942 US begins rationing sugar during WW II
05/05/1944 Gandhi freed from prison
05/05/1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
05/05/1945 Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
05/05/1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
05/05/1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage
05/05/1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)
05/05/1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
05/05/1948 Belgian govt of Spaak resigns
05/05/1949 Council of Europe established
05/05/1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
05/05/1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
05/05/1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
05/05/1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
05/05/1955 Broadway musical 'Damn Yankees' opens
05/05/1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
05/05/1956 Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in LA Calif
05/05/1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
05/05/1957 Adolf Sch�rf elected president of Austria
05/05/1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
05/05/1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
05/05/1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
05/05/1962 LA Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Balt Orioles, 2-0
05/05/1964 Separatists riot in Quebec
05/05/1965 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
05/05/1966 Mont Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
05/05/1969 Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship
05/05/1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
05/05/1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
05/05/1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
05/05/1973 Ron Turcotte on Secretariat wins Kentucky Derby (1:59.4, record)
05/05/1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
05/05/1976 Train crash at Schiedam, kills 24
05/05/1978 Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
05/05/1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
05/05/1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
05/05/1981 16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 ed
05/05/1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
05/05/1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
05/05/1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
05/05/1988 Eugene A Marino intalled as 1st black US archbishop
05/05/1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
05/05/1990 Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
05/05/1990 Unbridled beats 2 favorites in 116th Kentucky Derby
05/05/1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
05/05/1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
05/05/1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
05/05/2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon
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