What Happened In May 1896 - Historical Events 1896 May

Historical Events for May, 1896

18th » The United States Supreme Court rules in 'Plessy v. Ferguson' that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
18th » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia known as Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
20th » The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd below resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
26th » Nicholas II of Russia e.g Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Russian Empire e.g Imperial Russia.
26th » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
27th » The Fujita scale or F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 United States dollar e.g USD).

1st » Herbert Backe, Georgian-German politician (d. 1947)
1st » Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)
1st » J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
2nd » Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982)
3rd » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
3rd » V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian politician, Minister of Defence (India) called Minister of Defence for India (d. 1974)
3rd » Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)
6th » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
9th » Richard Day (art director) or Richard Day, Canadian art director (d. 1972)
10th » Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
11th » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. 1955)
18th » Eric Backman, Swedish long-distance runner (d. 1965)
23rd » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)
28th » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1951)
30th » Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)