Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

1950  Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific).   

1951  600000 march for peace and freedom in Germany   

1951  Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir   

1951  Mickey Mantle's inaugural homerun.   

1951  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   

1952  Mr Potato Head, introduced.   

1952  TWA introduces tourist class.   

1952  William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73   

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

1954  Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50   

1957  Larry King's inaugural radio broadcast   

1957  US give Poland credit of $95 million   

1957  Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km.   

1957  Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82   

1958  Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai.   

1958  Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina   

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

1960  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR.   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis.   

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba.   

1961  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

1961  The inaugural US airplane hijacked to Cuba   

1962  JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  The inaugural French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

1963  Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  The inaugural American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest   

1964  The inaugural BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

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1218  John i: Count of hainaut   

1218  Rudolph i of germany: Emperor of the holy roman empire   

1238  Magnus vi lagabuter: King of norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund fitzalan: 9th earl of arundel, english politician   

1493  Phillippus paracelsus: Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus junius: [francois du jon], french/neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel jansz van mierevelt: Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van kinschot: Dutch treasurer   

0408  Death of Arcadius: Eastern roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  Edith of scotland: First wife of henry i of england (b. c. 1080)   

1171  Dermot macmurrough: Last irish king of leinster,   

1240  Jacques de vitry: Cardinal-bishop of frascati and dean of the sacred college of cardinals   

1277  Death of Stefanus iv uros i de great: King of serbia (1243-76),   

1308  Death of Albrecht i van habsburg: German king (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Death of Louis vii: Duke of baveria (1413-43),   

1456  Death of Hugues de lannoy: Flemish viceroy of holland/zealand,