| 1749 | Edward Jenner, English pioneer of vaccination, was born |
| 1900 | British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony) |
| 1903 | Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 2-Sep in Columbus Ohio |
| 1904 | Maurice Ravels Sh‚h‚razade, premieres in Paris |
| 1905 | Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 3-May in baseball |
| 1906 | Switzerlands Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic |
| 1909 | White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks |
| 1910 | Canada sets the designs for the 1›-50› coins |
| 1911 | 36th Preakness |