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 this day in history.   

1986  On May - 01 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  Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun on May - 01.   

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

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

1989  On May - 01 135 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  David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 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  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  Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base on May - 01.   

1991  Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC on May - 01.   

1991  Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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

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

1995  On this day in history steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs West Indies at Sabina Park   

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

1997  Toni Blair elected PM of UK on this day in history.   

1997  On May - 01 bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40   

1998  On May - 01 former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver dies today in Pomona, California, at age 62   

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 May - 01 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 May - 01.   

2006  Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields on this day in history.   

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1218  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On this day in history 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 May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

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  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 May - 01.   

1171  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

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 this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies