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  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  On this day in history 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  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on this day in history.   

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

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  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

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

1962  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 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  On this day in history last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)   

1966  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

1966  On May - 01 radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting   

1966  On this day in history uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

1967  Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1967  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

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

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on May - 01.   

1969  On this day in history 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC   

1969  Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

1971  Amtrak railroad begins operation on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

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  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