Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

1883  Amsterdam World's Fair opens on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 01 "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  Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history felipe Boero, composer   

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 this day in history uS general strike for 8 hour day, begins   

1886  Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on May - 01.   

1887  On May - 01 alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)   

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

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

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

1892  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay on May - 01.   

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

1892  On May - 01 howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

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

1893  On May - 01 world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago   

1895  Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) on May - 01.   

1896  Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1898  Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62) on May - 01.   

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

1900  On this day in history premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT   

1900  On this day in history premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah   

1900  On May - 01 ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)   

1901  On May - 01 pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo   

1901  Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox on this day in history.   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on May - 01.   

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

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.   

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

1906  On this day in history troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest   

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 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 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  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.