Historical Events In May - 01

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

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  Felipe Boero, composer on this day in history.  

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

1885  On this day in history maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth  

1886  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 01.  

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

1892  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history george Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila  

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

1898  On May - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1904  On this day in history antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62  

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

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 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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.  

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