Historical Events In May - 01

1883  Amsterdam World's Fair opens on May - 01.  

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

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

1884  On this day in history construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)  

1884  On May - 01 felipe Boero, composer  

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

1885  Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth on May - 01.  

1886  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on May - 01.  

1886  Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.  

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

1889  Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) on May - 01.  

1889  1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International on May - 01.  

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

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

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.  

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

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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

1895  On this day in history leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)  

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

1898  On May - 01 george Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila  

1898  Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62) on this day in history.  

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1900  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT on this day in history.  

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

1900  Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine) on May - 01.  

1901  On this day in history pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo  

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

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85  

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on May - 01.  

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

1905  On this day in history leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)  

1906  Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history 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 May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.  

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

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

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 this day in history.  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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