Historical Events In May - 01

1986  On this day in history bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph   

1986  Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole   

1987  On this day in history british Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine.   

1987  Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 01 iRA attack in Roermond, kills 3   

1988  Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer on May - 01.   

1989  135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public on this day in history.   

1989  US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting on this day in history.   

1989  David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 01 sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62   

1991  On May - 01 a's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)   

1991  Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history angola's civil war ends   

1991  Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base   

1991  On this day in history skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC   

1991  Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior   

1992  On May - 01 rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base   

1993  On May - 01 bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)   

1993  On this day in history hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50   

1994  Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road) on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 01 tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed   

1994  Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 on this day in history.   

1995  Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park on May - 01.   

1996  Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67 on May - 01.   

1997  Toni Blair elected PM of UK on May - 01.   

1997  On this day in history bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40   

1998  Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62 on this day in history.   

1999  On May - 01 the body of British mountaineer George Mallory is found on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition.   

2002  Indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people on May - 01.   

2005  A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad on May - 01.   

2006  On May - 01 bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.   

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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  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

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  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.