Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On this day in history floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

1961  On this day in history fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba   

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

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

1961  On this day in history the first US airplane hijacked to Cuba   

1962  On May - 01 jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

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

1963  On May - 01 indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1964  The first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) on this day in history.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on May - 01.   

1965  Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on May - 01.   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

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

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

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

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank on May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.   

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

1969  On May - 01 ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

1971  On May - 01 amtrak railroad begins operation   

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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 May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

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 this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies