Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On May - 01 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  On May - 01 oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  On this day in history cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

1960  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on May - 01.   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on May - 01.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 01 fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba   

1961  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  On this day in history tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  On May - 01 the first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

1963  On May - 01 indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  On May - 01 the first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest   

1964  On May - 01 the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

1965  On May - 01 uSSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon   

1965  On this day in history leo Spies, composer, dies at 65   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on May - 01.   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.   

1967  Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua on May - 01.   

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on May - 01.   

1967  In Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank   

1967  Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) on May - 01.   

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on May - 01.   

1968  On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71   

1969  On this day in history 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC   

1969  Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting on May - 01.   

1969  Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 on May - 01.   

1971  On this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

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

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies