Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On this day in history floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  On May - 01 streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week on this day in history.   

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on May - 01.   

1960  On May - 01 cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

1960  On this day in history gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on May - 01.   

1960  On May - 01 pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

1961  On May - 01 fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba   

1961  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) on this day in history.   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on May - 01.   

1961  On this day in history the first US airplane hijacked to Cuba   

1962  On this day in history jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  On this day in history the first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

1963  Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands on May - 01.   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on May - 01.   

1964  The first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) on this day in history.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on May - 01.   

1965  Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 01 mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

1966  Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting on May - 01.   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on this day in history.   

1967  On May - 01 anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on May - 01.   

1967  On May - 01 in Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed   

1967  Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank on this day in history.   

1967  Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) on this day in history.   

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on May - 01.   

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on May - 01.   

1969  On May - 01 pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting   

1969  Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 on May - 01.   

1971  On May - 01 amtrak railroad begins operation   

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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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1240  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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