Historical Events In May - 01

1986  Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph on May - 01.   

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

1986  On May - 01 will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole   

1987  On May - 01 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.   

1987  On this day in history pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun   

1988  IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 on May - 01.   

1988  On May - 01 carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer   

1989  135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public on May - 01.   

1989  US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting on this day in history.   

1989  David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On May - 01 actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy   

1991  Angola's civil war ends on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies   

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

1992  On May - 01 rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base   

1993  On this day in history bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)   

1993  Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 on May - 01.   

1994  Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road) on this day in history.   

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

1994  On May - 01 ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34   

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

1996  On May - 01 asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67   

1997  On May - 01 toni Blair elected PM of UK   

1997  Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40 on May - 01.   

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

1999  On this day in history the body of British mountaineer George Mallory is found on Mount Everest almost 75 years after he disappeared on a climbing expedition.   

2002  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

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

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 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 this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies