What Happened In May 1886 - Historical Events 1886 May

Historical Events for May, 1886

4th » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a Labor movement e.g labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
5th » The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
8th » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a Carbonation known as carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
29th » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertising e.g advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in 'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution e.g The Atlanta Journal'.

2nd » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)
3rd » Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
9th » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
10th » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)
10th » Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (d. 1950)
10th » Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
12th » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain (d. 1937)
17th » Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
20th » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray S.K. known as Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951)
24th » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
25th » Rash Behari Bose, Indian activist (d. 1945)
25th » Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (d. 1952)
26th » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American singer and actor (d. 1950)
28th » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (d. 1954)
30th » Laurent Barré, Canadian politician (d. 1964)
30th » Randolph Bourne, American theorist (d. 1918)

15th » Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
17th » John Deere (inventor) known as John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
23rd » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)