Hisdates•ComPage 13: Historical Events In May - 01
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1986 On May - 01 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 this day in history.
1988 On this day in history iRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
1988 Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer on this day in history.
1989 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public on this day in history.
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 May - 01.
1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1991 Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base on May - 01.
1991 On this day in history skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC
1991 On this day in history richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior on this day in history.
1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base on this day in history.
1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die) on May - 01.
1993 Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 on May - 01.
1994 On this day in history charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
1994 On May - 01 tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1994 On May - 01 ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34
1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history 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 Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62 on this day in history.
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 Indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people on this day in history.
2005 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 on this day in history.
2006 Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields on May - 01.
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