Sunday, May 12, 2024

Monday, May 12, 1924. Final filly wins the Preakness.

Nellie Morse became the fourth, and last, filly to win the Preakness.  She's the only horse to win the Preakness and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

Maryland's Nellie Morse Stakes, restricted to fillies and mares, is named after her.

The USSR began a boycott of Germany over the Bozenhardt Incident.

Prohibition came to an end in Alberta, with two government owned liquor stores opening.

Raymond Poincaré announced he would resign as French Prime Minister as soon as a new government was formed, following recent French elections.

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Friday, May 9, 1924. Scottish question results in chaos.

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