Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 01.   

1959  On this day in history streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.   

1959  On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on May - 01.   

1961  On this day in history fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba   

1961  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  On this day in history tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

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  The first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 01 indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  On this day in history the first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest   

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

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting   

1966  On May - 01 uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 01 jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank   

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

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on this day in history.   

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

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  On this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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