Page 13: Historical Events In May - 01

1986  Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph on this day in history.   

1986  Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap on May - 01.   

1986  On May - 01 will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On May - 01 pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun   

1988  IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1990  Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 on May - 01.   

1991  On this day in history a's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)   

1991  On May - 01 actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy   

1991  On May - 01 angola's civil war ends   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1992  Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior on May - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history tornado &hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed   

1994  Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 on this day in history.   

1995  Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park on May - 01.   

1996  On this day in history asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67   

1997  Toni Blair elected PM of UK on May - 01.   

1997  On this day in history bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40   

1998  Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62 on May - 01.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 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  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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