Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On May - 01 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  On May - 01 streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week on May - 01.   

1959  On May - 01 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 on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 01 gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on May - 01.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 01 fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba   

1961  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on this day in history.   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  The first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  On this day in history the first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest   

1964  The first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) on May - 01.   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon   

1965  On May - 01 leo Spies, composer, dies at 65   

1966  On this day in history last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

1966  Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting on May - 01.   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on May - 01.   

1967  In Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed on May - 01.   

1967  Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank on this day in history.   

1967  Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) on May - 01.   

1968  On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens   

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on May - 01.   

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 01 pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting   

1969  On this day in history ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

1971  On this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.   

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