Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On May - 01 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  On this day in history 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  CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk on May - 01.   

1960  On May - 01 gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR   

1960  On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states   

1960  On this day in history pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  On May - 01 tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on May - 01.   

1962  JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 01 the first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

1963  On this day in history indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 01 the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

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 May - 01.   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on May - 01.   

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

1966  On May - 01 uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

1967  Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1967  On May - 01 elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas   

1967  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 on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank   

1967  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens   

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 this day in history pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting   

1969  Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1971  Amtrak railroad begins operation on May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.   

1285  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On May - 01 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 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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.