Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk on May - 01.   

1960  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on this day in history.   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on May - 01.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on May - 01.   

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba on May - 01.   

1961  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on this day in history.   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on May - 01.   

1962  On this day in history jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  On this day in history the first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

1963  Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands on May - 01.   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1964  The first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) on this day in history.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on this day in history.   

1965  Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on May - 01.   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on May - 01.   

1966  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

1966  Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting on this day in history.   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.   

1967  On May - 01 anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history in Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed   

1967  Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  On May - 01 legoland, in Denmark, opens   

1968  On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71   

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on May - 01.   

1969  On this day in history pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting   

1969  On May - 01 ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

1971  On this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

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  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 this day in history.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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.