Historical Events In May - 01

1986  Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 01 tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap   

1986  Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole on May - 01.   

1987  British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine on this day in history.   

1987  Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 01 iRA attack in Roermond, kills 3   

1988  On May - 01 carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer   

1989  On May - 01 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public   

1989  US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting on May - 01.   

1989  On May - 01 david Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered   

1990  On this day in history sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62   

1991  On this day in history a's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)   

1991  Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history angola's civil war ends   

1991  Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base   

1991  On this day in history skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC   

1991  On this day in history richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies   

1992  On May - 01 eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior   

1992  On this day in history rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base   

1993  On May - 01 bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)   

1993  Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1994  Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road) on May - 01.   

1994  On May - 01 tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed   

1994  On May - 01 ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34   

1995  On May - 01 steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park   

1996  On this day in history asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67   

1997  On May - 01 toni Blair elected PM of UK   

1997  On May - 01 bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40   

1998  Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62 on this day in history.   

1999  On May - 01 the body of British mountaineer George Mallory is found on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition.   

2002  Indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people on this day in history.   

2005  On May - 01 a suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.   

2006  Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields on May - 01.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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

1545  On this day in history 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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 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  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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