Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

1945  On May - 01 radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII   

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

1945  On this day in history soviet army reach Rostock   

1945  On this day in history desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59   

1946  On this day in history fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander   

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

1946  Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1947  Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA on May - 01.   

1947  Radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated on May - 01.   

1947  On May - 01 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  North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea on May - 01.   

1948  Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1950  Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade on May - 01.   

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

1950  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific)   

1951  On this day in history 600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany   

1951  Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1952  On this day in history marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada   

1952  On this day in history mr Potato Head, introduced   

1952  TWA introduces tourist class on this day in history.   

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

1954  HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies) on May - 01.   

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

1957  On May - 01 larry King's first radio broadcast   

1957  US give Poland credit of $95 million on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82   

1958  Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai on May - 01.   

1958  On May - 01 arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina   

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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 this day in history.   

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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On May - 01 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 this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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