Historical Events In May - 01

1945  Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII on May - 01.   

1945  Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg on May - 01.   

1945  Soviet army reach Rostock on this day in history.   

1945  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 01.   

1946  Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander on May - 01.   

1946  Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year" on this day in history.   

1946  Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 01 lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA   

1947  Radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA   

1947  On this day in history sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed   

1948  Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes" on May - 01.   

1948  On May - 01 north Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea   

1948  Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)   

1950  Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade on this day in history.   

1950  New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China on May - 01.   

1950  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific)   

1951  600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany on this day in history.   

1951  Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 01 mickey Mantle's first homerun   

1951  The 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group sent to join United Nations forces in Korea on this day in history.   

1952  Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada on May - 01.   

1952  Mr Potato Head, introduced on this day in history.   

1952  On May - 01 tWA introduces tourist class   

1952  On May - 01 william Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73   

1954  On May - 01 hSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies)   

1954  Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 on May - 01.   

1957  Larry King's first radio broadcast on May - 01.   

1957  US give Poland credit of $95 million on May - 01.   

1957  On this day in history vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km   

1957  Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai   

1958  Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina on this day in history.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

1277  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.