Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

1945  On this day in history radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII   

1945  Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg on this day in history.   

1945  Soviet army reach Rostock on this day in history.   

1945  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 01.   

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

1946  Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year" on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 01 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1947  Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA on May - 01.   

1947  Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed on May - 01.   

1948  On May - 01 glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"   

1948  North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea on May - 01.   

1948  On this day in history christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered   

1949  On May - 01 gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)   

1950  Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade on this day in history.   

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

1950  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific)   

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

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

1951  Mickey Mantle's first homerun on this day in history.   

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  Mr Potato Head, introduced on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history tWA introduces tourist class   

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

1954  On this day in history hSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies)   

1954  Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 on May - 01.   

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

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

1957  Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km on May - 01.   

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

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

1958  Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina on May - 01.   

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

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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

1171  On this day in history 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  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.