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Historical Events Happened In May - 01

Thursday, 23 May 2013

1945 On this day in history general Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms

1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII on this day in history.

1945 On this day in history seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg

1945 On this day in history soviet army reach Rostock

1945 On this day in history desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59

1946 Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander on this day in history.

1946 On this day in history mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year"

1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.

1947 Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA on this day in history.

1947 Radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated on this day in history.

1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA on this day in history.

1947 Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed on this day in history.

1948 Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes" on this day in history.

1948 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea on this day in history.

1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered on this day in history.

1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) on this day in history.

1950 On this day in history mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade

1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China on this day in history.

1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific) on this day in history.

1951 On this day in history 600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany

1951 On this day in history dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir

1951 Mickey Mantle's first homerun on this day in history.

1951 The 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group sent to join United Nations forces in Korea on this day in history.

1952 On this day in history marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada

1952 On this day in history mr Potato Head, introduced

1952 On this day in history tWA introduces tourist class

1952 On this day in history william Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73

1954 HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies) on this day in history.

1954 Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 on this day in history.

1957 On this day in history larry King's first radio broadcast

1957 On this day in history uS give Poland credit of $95 million

1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km on this day in history.

1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 on this day in history.

1958 On this day in history ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai

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Famous Birthdays In May - 01

Famous People Born On This Day In History

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 this day in history.

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 this day in history 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 Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.

1577 On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer

Famous Deaths In May - 01

Famous People Died 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 Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.

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 Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.

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

1471 On this day in history thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91