Events in History
Historic Event
May 24 Lowell Observatory, Arizona, first begins observations of Mars with an eighteen-inch telescope, leads its builder Percival Lowell to conclude there are canals on Mars
Birthdays in History
- May 11 Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)
- May 11 Martha Graham, American choreographer (Appalachian Spring), Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- May 13 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
- May 20 Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent)
- May 20 Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
- May 25 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1967)
- May 27 Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), born in St. Mary's County, Maryland (d. 1961)
- May 27 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (Die Nacht), born in Courbevoie, Seine, France (d. 1961)
- May 29 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director (Der blaue Engel), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1969)
- May 30 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)
Weddings in History
- May 28 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
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