Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On May - 01 amsterdam World's Fair opens   

1883  "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show on May - 01.   

1884  Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories) on May - 01.   

1884  Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) on May - 01.   

1884  Felipe Boero, composer on May - 01.   

1885  On this day in history maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands   

1885  Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth on this day in history.   

1886  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on May - 01.   

1886  Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on May - 01.   

1887  Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) on May - 01.   

1889  Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) on May - 01.   

1889  On this day in history 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International   

1891  On this day in history cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3   

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay on this day in history.   

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.   

1892  Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on May - 01.   

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.   

1893  World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago on May - 01.   

1895  On this day in history leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)   

1896  Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 01 george Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila   

1898  Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62) on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 01 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1900  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah   

1900  On May - 01 ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)   

1901  Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on this day in history.   

1901  Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox on May - 01.   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on May - 01.   

1903  On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.   

1905  Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on May - 01.   

1906  On May - 01 troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest   

1906  Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 on May - 01.   

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

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 May - 01.   

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 this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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 May - 01.   

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