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May1893

Historical Events in May 1893

May 1 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
May 4 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground

Panic of 1893

May 5 Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange

The panicked scene at the New York Stock Exchange on the infamous morning of Friday, 5 May, 1893

May 10 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
May 10 Imperial Institute in London opens

1st Bicycle World Record

May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour

Cyclist and Founder of the Tour-de-France Henri Desgrange

May 19 Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley killing 111 in Norway
May 22 Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
May 27 Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland

Jefferson Davis Reburied

May 31 Remains of Jefferson Davis moved from New Orleans and re-interred at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, per his widow's request

President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis

May 31 Whitcomb Judson of Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)

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