Events in History
Event of Interest
May 15 British sailor David Beatty is promoted to midshipman
David Beatty
Event of Interest
May 29 American chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola
John Pemberton
Birthdays in History
- May 2 Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, born in Mansfelf, Germany (d. 1956)
- May 9 Francis Biddle, 58th United States Attorney General (1941-45), born in Paris (d. 1968)
- May 10 Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
- May 10 Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
- May 10 Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
- May 12 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter (d. 1964)
- May 17 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1931), born in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain (d. 1941)
- May 25 Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, born in Blantyre, Scotland (d. 1952)
- May 25 Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, born in Bengal, India (d. 1945)
- May 28 Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-American mobster, born in Cianciana, Sicily, Italy (d. 1954)
- May 30 Randolph Bourne, American writer (Education and Living), born in Bloomfield, New Jersey (d. 1918)
Deaths in History
Emily Dickinson
May 15 Emily Dickinson, American poet (Collected Poems), dies of nephritis at 55
Emily Dickinson
John Deere
May 17 John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company) dies at 82
John Deere
Leopold von Ranke
May 23 Leopold von Ranke, German historian who founded the modern concept of source-based history, dies at 90
Leopold von Ranke