Historical Events In May - 01

1907  On this day in history belgian Government of De Trooz forms   

1907  On May - 01 indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies)   

1907  On May - 01 belgium govt of De Trooz forms   

1907  On this day in history jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)   

1908  On this day in history world's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama on May - 01.   

1908  On this day in history giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)   

1909  Netherlands begins unity with Belgium on this day in history.   

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on May - 01.   

1909  On this day in history ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice   

1910  On this day in history cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)   

1912  Beverly Hills Hotel opens on May - 01.   

1912  Canada issues first five-dollar bank note on May - 01.   

1912  Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms on May - 01.   

1912  On this day in history anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano   

1913  The Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote - ten shillings on May - 01.   

1913  On May - 01 longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC   

1913  On this day in history walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor   

1914  On this day in history china's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

1914  On this day in history china's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

1915  On May - 01 british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool   

1915  On this day in history german submarine sinks US ship Gulflight   

1915  British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool on May - 01.   

1916  The birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor on May - 01.   

1916  Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway) on this day in history.   

1917  Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) on May - 01.   

1917  On May - 01 jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies   

1919  Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages on this day in history.   

1919  Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people on this day in history.   

1919  Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner on May - 01.   

1920  Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds   

1921  Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda on May - 01.   

1921  On this day in history 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire   

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

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

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

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

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

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

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

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies