Historical Events In May - 01

1945  Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII on May - 01.  

1945  Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg on May - 01.  

1945  On May - 01 soviet army reach Rostock  

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

1946  On this day in history fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander  

1946  Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year" on this day in history.  

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 this day in history radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated  

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

1947  On this day in history sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed  

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

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 May - 01.  

1949  Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) on May - 01.  

1950  On May - 01 mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade  

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

1950  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific)  

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

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

1951  Mickey Mantle's first homerun on May - 01.  

1951  On this day in history 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  Mr Potato Head, introduced on May - 01.  

1952  On this day in history tWA introduces tourist class  

1952  William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 on May - 01.  

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

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

1957  Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 on May - 01.  

1958  Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai on May - 01.  

1958  On this day in history arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina  

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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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.  

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.  

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.  

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.  

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

1171  On May - 01 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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.  

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.  

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 May - 01.