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 this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week  

1959  On this day in history 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 May - 01.  

1960  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on May - 01.  

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  On this day in history tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain  

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

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

1963  On May - 01 the first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest  

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

1965  On May - 01 uSSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon  

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

1966  On May - 01 last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)  

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

1966  On May - 01 radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting  

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

1967  Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua on this day in history.  

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

1967  Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) on this day in history.  

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

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

1969  On May - 01 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC  

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 May - 01.  

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.  

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  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 01.  

0408  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies  

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.