Historical Events In May - 01
Friday, 08 November 2024
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 On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week
1959 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on May - 01.
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 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 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 this day in history.
1961 On May - 01 tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
1961 On this day in history the first US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1962 On May - 01 jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
1962 The first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara on this day in history.
1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands on May - 01.
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 this day in history.
1965 On May - 01 uSSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
1965 Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on May - 01.
1966 Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on May - 01.
1966 On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 On May - 01 radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.
1967 On May - 01 anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua
1967 On May - 01 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 this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)
1968 On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens
1968 On May - 01 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 May - 01.
1969 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1971 Amtrak railroad begins operation on this day in history.
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