Historical Events In May - 01

1907  On this day in history belgian Government of De Trooz forms   

1907  On this day in history indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies)   

1907  On May - 01 belgium govt of De Trooz forms   

1907  On this day in history jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)   

1908  On May - 01 world's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama on May - 01.   

1908  On this day in history giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)   

1909  On May - 01 netherlands begins unity with Belgium   

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on May - 01.   

1909  On this day in history ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice   

1910  On this day in history cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)   

1912  On this day in history beverly Hills Hotel opens   

1912  On May - 01 canada issues first five-dollar bank note.   

1912  Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms on May - 01.   

1912  On this day in history anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano   

1913  On this day in history the Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote - ten shillings.   

1913  On this day in history longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC   

1913  Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor on May - 01.   

1914  On May - 01 china's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

1914  China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 01 british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool   

1915  German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight on this day in history.   

1915  British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 01 the birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor   

1916  On this day in history glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)   

1917  On May - 01 danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)   

1917  On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies   

1919  Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages on this day in history.   

1919  Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people on this day in history.   

1919  Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner on this day in history.   

1920  Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds   

1921  On this day in history drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda   

1921  On May - 01 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire   

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1218  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

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

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 01.   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

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

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.