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 May - 01 construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1886  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

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

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

1892  On May - 01 uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay   

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay on May - 01.   

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

1892  On May - 01 willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1893  World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

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

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

1898  On this day in history george Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila   

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

1898  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 01 leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)   

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  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

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.