11th » Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a Wildcat strike action named wildcat strike in Illinois.
21st » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Edward Leader Williams named Sir Edward Leader Williams.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1894
2nd » Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist (d. 1981)
10th » Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress and director (d. 1993)
10th » Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)
11th » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
13th » Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
19th » Nicolae Secară, Bessarabian politician (d. 1942)
20th » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru (d. 1994)
27th » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (d. 1961)
27th » Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
29th » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
29th » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
30th » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, List of Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies known as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
31st » Fred Allen, American comedian, actor, and radio host (d. 1956)
Famous Deaths for May 1894
21st » Émile Henry (anarchist) or Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)