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 May - 01.   

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

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on May - 01.   

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  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on this day in history.   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on this day in history.   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on May - 01.   

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

1961  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 01 tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on this day in history.   

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

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

1966  On May - 01 mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

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

1966  On May - 01 uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

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  On this day in history 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   

1967  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank   

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

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

1968  On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71   

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

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

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 May - 01.   

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

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

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  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On May - 01 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  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.