Historical Events In May - 01

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

1907  Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) on May - 01.   

1907  On May - 01 belgium govt of De Trooz forms   

1907  Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group) on May - 01.   

1908  On this day in history world's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  On this day in history world's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  On May - 01 giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)   

1909  On May - 01 netherlands begins unity with Belgium   

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on this day in history.   

1909  Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 01 cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)   

1912  On this day in history beverly Hills Hotel opens   

1912  On this day in history canada issues first five-dollar bank note.   

1912  On this day in history amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms   

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

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

1913  Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC on this day in history.   

1913  Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor on this day in history.   

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

1914  On May - 01 china's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

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

1915  German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight on May - 01.   

1915  On May - 01 british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool   

1916  On this day in history 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  On this day in history belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens   

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

1921  Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda on May - 01.   

1921  On this day in history 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire   

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1218  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1285  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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 May - 01.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

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

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.