Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 01.   

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 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 May - 01.   

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

1960  On May - 01 india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on May - 01.   

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

1961  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on May - 01.   

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

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

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

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

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

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 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  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on this day in history.   

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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