Historical Events In May - 01

1934  Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35 on May - 01.   

1935  On May - 01 boulder Dam completed   

1935  On May - 01 canada's first silver dollar is circulated   

1935  On May - 01 royal Canadian Mint circulates Canada's first silver dollar, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of George V   

1936  On this day in history emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades   

1936  FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history fDR signs act of neutrality   

1937  On May - 01 snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75   

1939  Batman Comics hit the street on this day in history.   

1939  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship   

1940  The 1940 Olympics are cancelled on this day in history.   

1941  "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York on May - 01.   

1941  Allied evacuation from Greece completed on May - 01.   

1941  General Mills introduces Cheerios on May - 01.   

1941  On this day in history german assault on Tobruk   

1941  Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY on May - 01.   

1941  John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 01 japanese forces take Mandalay, Burma, in World War II while British retreat along Chindwin Valley to India.   

1942  On this day in history radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"   

1942  On May - 01 townsville put on invasion alert   

1943  On this day in history final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins.   

1943  On this day in history food rationing begins in US   

1943  On May - 01 german plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta   

1943  German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes on this day in history.   

1943  Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871) on this day in history.   

1944  Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark)   

1944  Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails on May - 01.   

1945  900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide on this day in history.   

1945  Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government on May - 01.   

1945  Australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast on May - 01.   

1945  Australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan on May - 01.   

1945  General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms on May - 01.   

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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