Historical Events In May - 01

1986  On this day in history bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph  

1986  On this day in history tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap  

1986  Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole on this day in history.  

1987  British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine on May - 01.  

1987  Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun on May - 01.  

1988  On this day in history iRA attack in Roermond, kills 3  

1988  On this day in history carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer  

1989  On this day in history 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public  

1989  On May - 01 uS Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting  

1989  On this day in history david Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered  

1990  On May - 01 sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62  

1991  A's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees) on May - 01.  

1991  Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy on this day in history.  

1991  Angola's civil war ends on May - 01.  

1991  Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge on May - 01.  

1991  On May - 01 rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base  

1991  Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC on this day in history.  

1991  Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies on May - 01.  

1992  On May - 01 eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior  

1992  Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base on this day in history.  

1993  Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die) on this day in history.  

1993  Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1994  Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road) on May - 01.  

1994  Tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed on May - 01.  

1994  Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 on May - 01.  

1995  On May - 01 steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park  

1996  Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67 on May - 01.  

1997  On May - 01 toni Blair elected PM of UK  

1997  Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1998  On this day in history former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62  

1999  On May - 01 the body of British mountaineer George Mallory is found on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition.  

2002  On May - 01 indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people  

2005  On May - 01 a suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.  

2006  Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields on May - 01.  

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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  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history 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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.  

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.  

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

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 May - 01.  

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.  

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