May 1920

Historical Events in May 1920

Baseball Record

May 1 Legendary slugger Babe Ruth smashes his 50th MLB career home run, his first for the NY Yankees in 6-0 win over the Boston Red Sox

Baseball Legend Babe Ruth — Baseball Legend
Babe Ruth

May 1 Belgium-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
May 1 Longest MLB game by innings - Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
May 2 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
May 5 German-Latvian peace treaty signed
May 5 Polish troops occupy Kiev

Event of Interest

May 5 US President Woodrow Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal

28th US President Woodrow Wilson — 28th US President
Woodrow Wilson

May 5 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested on charges and robbery of a paymaster at a shoe factory in Massachusetts, US - the two men will executed
May 7 USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
May 8 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09

Event of Interest

May 14 Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit

MLB Pitcher Walter Johnson — MLB Pitcher
Walter Johnson

May 14 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
May 15 Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk

Canonization

May 16 Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint

French Soldier and National Heroine Joan of Arc — French Soldier and National Heroine
Joan of Arc

May 16 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull
May 17 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
May 17 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)
May 18 45th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
May 20 Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling
May 20 Mexican President Venustiano Carranza, under attack by American petroleum companies, faces an armed rebellion by right-wing Sonoro triumvirate after nationalizing subsoil rights
May 21 Mexican President Venustiano Carranza is executed by army generals after fleeing an armed rebellion in Mexico
May 23 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei
May 27 Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
May 31 Indianapolis 500: Gaston Chevrolet wins in 5:38:31.901 (142.617 km/h)

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