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  On May - 01 west Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  On May - 01 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 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  On May - 01 pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

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  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on this day in history.   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history leo Spies, composer, dies at 65   

1966  On May - 01 last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)   

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  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.   

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

1968  On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71   

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

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 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 this day in history 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 May - 01.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

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

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies