Wednesday, May 10, 1899. Song and Dance.

 Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska as Frederick Austerlitz

Texas State University was founded.

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Sunday, May 7, 1899. Aguinaldo moves

1890s, 1899, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines

Saturday, May 3, 1924. Foundings.

The Grand Order of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA or אצא), an international fraternity for Jewish teenagers, was founded in Omaha, Nebraska.

It would go on to found the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization a year later.

The SS Catalina, which would be in service for 51 years ferrying passengers between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island, was launched.

German police raided the Soviet Trade Delegation

Zinaida Kokorina, against the odds and through the intervention of the Soviet head of state, became the first female military pilot on this day in 1924.

She wanted to become a fighter pilot, but was persuaded to remain a flight instructor, which she did through World War Two.  She later became headmistress of a village school at Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan before retiring to Moscow.

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Friday, May 2, 1924. Craters of the Moon.

1920s, 1924, Calvin Coolidge, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Cuba, Government, Idaho, Radio

Thursday, May 14, 1914. The Life of General Villa

New Horse Market, Omaha, Nebraska, May 14, 1914.

The Life of General Villa was released as a film by D. W. Griffith. Villa was played by Villa.

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Tuesday, May 12, 1914. A Marian Apparition.

1910s, 1914, 1980s, 1987, Art, Marian Apparition, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom