Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

1945  On May - 01 radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII   

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

1945  On May - 01 soviet army reach Rostock   

1945  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1946  On May - 01 mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year"   

1946  On this day in history edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

1947  Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA on May - 01.   

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

1948  On May - 01 glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"   

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

1948  On this day in history christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered   

1949  On this day in history gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)   

1950  Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1951  Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1952  On May - 01 marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada   

1952  Mr Potato Head, introduced on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1957  On May - 01 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  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 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 May - 01.   

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 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  On May - 01 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  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 this day in history.   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies