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 this day in history.   

1884  Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history felipe Boero, composer   

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

1885  Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth on May - 01.   

1886  On May - 01 uS general strike for 8 hour day, begins   

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

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

1891  On May - 01 cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3   

1892  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay   

1892  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay   

1892  On May - 01 howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

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

1893  On this day in history world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago   

1895  Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) on May - 01.   

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

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

1898  On May - 01 eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)   

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

1901  On this day in history detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

1905  On this day in history leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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 May - 01.   

1240  On May - 01 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 May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies