Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On this day in history amsterdam World's Fair opens   

1883  "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  On this day in history construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  Felipe Boero, composer on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1886  On May - 01 conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

1887  Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

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

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  On May - 01 uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay   

1892  Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1893  On May - 01 world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago   

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 May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah on May - 01.   

1900  Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine) on this day in history.   

1901  Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on May - 01.   

1901  On May - 01 detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox   

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 01 antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1905  Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest   

1906  Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 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 this day in history.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

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  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  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  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.