Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On this day in history amsterdam World's Fair opens  

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

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  Felipe Boero, composer on May - 01.  

1885  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 01 bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)  

1889  On May - 01 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  US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.  

1893  On May - 01 world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago  

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 this day in history.  

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

1898  On May - 01 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81  

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

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 May - 01.  

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

1901  On this day in history detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox  

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 this day in history.  

1905  Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on this day in history.  

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

1906  Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 on this day in history.  

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

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 May - 01.  

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  

1545  On May - 01 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1308  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies