Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

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

1883  "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1884  On this day in history felipe Boero, composer   

1885  On this day in history 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  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1891  On this day in history cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3   

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

1892  On May - 01 uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay   

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

1892  On May - 01 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  On this day in history nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

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 this day in history eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)   

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 May - 01.   

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

1900  Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine) on this day in history.   

1901  Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on this day in history.   

1901  Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox on May - 01.   

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

1903  On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1906  On May - 01 troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest   

1906  Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 on May - 01.   

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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 May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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

1577  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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 May - 01.   

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.