Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On May - 01 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  On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  On this day in history cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

1960  On this day in history gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR   

1960  On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states   

1960  On May - 01 pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

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

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 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  Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands on May - 01.   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 01 the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

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

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

1967  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  Amtrak railroad begins operation on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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

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 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.