Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On this day in history amsterdam World's Fair opens   

1883  On this day in history "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show   

1884  Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories) on May - 01.   

1884  On May - 01 construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  On this day in history felipe Boero, composer   

1885  On May - 01 maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands   

1885  On May - 01 maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth   

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  Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 01 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International   

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

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

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.   

1892  Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on May - 01.   

1892  On this day in history 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  George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1900  On May - 01 ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)   

1901  On this day in history pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo   

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

1902  On May - 01 john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

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

1904  On May - 01 antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1905  Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on this day in history.   

1906  Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest on this day in history.   

1906  Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 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 May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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