Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On May - 01 amsterdam World's Fair opens   

1883  On this day in history "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show   

1884  On this day in history construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  On May - 01 construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  Felipe Boero, composer on May - 01.   

1885  On May - 01 maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands   

1885  On May - 01 maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth   

1886  On May - 01 uS general strike for 8 hour day, begins   

1886  On May - 01 conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

1887  Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) on May - 01.   

1889  On this day in history bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

1889  On this day in history 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International   

1891  Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 on May - 01.   

1892  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay   

1892  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay   

1892  Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on May - 01.   

1892  On this day in history willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1893  World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago on May - 01.   

1895  Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) on this day in history.   

1896  Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.   

1898  George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 01 eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)   

1898  On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1900  On May - 01 premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT   

1900  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah on May - 01.   

1900  On this day in history ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)   

1901  Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on May - 01.   

1901  On May - 01 detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox   

1902  On May - 01 john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 01 antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1905  Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on May - 01.   

1906  Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest on May - 01.   

1906  On May - 01 phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

1218  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.