4th » 8 fishermen lose their lives in Galway Bay, County Galway, Ireland in the Galway Bay drowning tragedy.
6th » Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.
8th » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique e.g Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
17th » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
31st » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures United Kingdom named British control of South Africa.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1902
2nd » Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
3rd » Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
4th » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1981)
6th » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
6th » Max Ophüls, German director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
8th » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
10th » Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
10th » David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)
15th » Richard J. Daley, American politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
18th » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (d. 1984)
21st » Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
21st » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect, designed the Ameritrust Tower (d. 1981)
21st » Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
22nd » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
23rd » Frank Buckland (ice hockey) e.g Frank Buckland, Canadian businessman (d. 1991)
24th » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
24th » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
27th » Fanny Godin, Belgian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
30th » Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1985)
31st » Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)