Historical Events In May - 01

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

1986  On May - 01 tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap  

1986  On this day in history will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole  

1987  On this day in history 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 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 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 May - 01.  

1991  Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy on May - 01.  

1991  On May - 01 angola's civil war ends  

1991  Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base  

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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1996  Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history toni Blair elected PM of UK  

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 this day in history.  

2002  On this day in history indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people  

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  On May - 01 bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 01.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.  

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.  

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.  

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.  

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies  

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

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.