Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

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

1945  Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 01 soviet army reach Rostock   

1945  On May - 01 desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59   

1946  Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander on May - 01.   

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

1946  On May - 01 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71   

1947  On this day in history lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA   

1947  On May - 01 radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated   

1947  On this day in history rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA   

1947  On May - 01 sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed   

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

1948  On this day in history north Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea   

1948  On May - 01 christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered   

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

1950  Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade on May - 01.   

1950  On this day in history new marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China   

1950  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific)   

1951  600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany on May - 01.   

1951  On May - 01 dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir   

1951  On this day in history mickey Mantle's first homerun   

1951  On May - 01 the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group sent to join United Nations forces in Korea.   

1952  Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada on May - 01.   

1952  On May - 01 mr Potato Head, introduced   

1952  TWA introduces tourist class on May - 01.   

1952  William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1954  HSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies) on May - 01.   

1954  On this day in history tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50   

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

1957  US give Poland credit of $95 million on May - 01.   

1957  On this day in history vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km   

1957  On this day in history grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82   

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

1958  Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina 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 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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On May - 01 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

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