Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on May - 01.   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week on this day in history.   

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on this day in history.   

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  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on May - 01.   

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 this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

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

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

1962  JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA) on this day in history.   

1962  The first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara on May - 01.   

1963  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting   

1966  On this day in history uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

1967  On this day in history anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  On this day in history elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas   

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

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

1968  On May - 01 legoland, in Denmark, opens   

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 May - 01.   

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

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

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies