Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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

1959  On May - 01 west Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  On May - 01 oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  On May - 01 cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

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

1960  On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states   

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

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba on May - 01.   

1961  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) on May - 01.   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on May - 01.   

1961  On May - 01 the first US airplane hijacked to Cuba   

1962  JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history the first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara   

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  On this day in history the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

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

1965  Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on May - 01.   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on May - 01.   

1966  Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting on this day in history.   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on this day in history.   

1967  On May - 01 anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  On this day in history elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas   

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 May - 01.   

1967  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1969  Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting on this day in history.   

1969  Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 on May - 01.   

1971  Amtrak railroad begins operation on this day in history.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

1218  On May - 01 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 this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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

0408  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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