Historical Events In May - 01

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

1945  On this day in history seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg   

1945  On this day in history soviet army reach Rostock   

1945  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1946  Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 01 mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year"   

1946  Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 on May - 01.   

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

1947  On this day in history radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated   

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

1947  On May - 01 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  On this day in history christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered   

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

1950  On this day in history mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade   

1950  On May - 01 new marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China   

1950  Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific) on May - 01.   

1951  On May - 01 600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany   

1951  Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir on May - 01.   

1951  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 mr Potato Head, introduced   

1952  TWA introduces tourist class on May - 01.   

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

1954  HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies) on this day in history.   

1954  Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history uS give Poland credit of $95 million   

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

1957  On May - 01 grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82   

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

1958  On this day in history arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

1218  On this day in history 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  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 May - 01.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

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

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