Page 6: 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  Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history felipe Boero, composer   

1885  Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)   

1889  On this day in history bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

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

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

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

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

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 May - 01.   

1893  On this day in history world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago   

1895  On May - 01 leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)   

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

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

1898  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)   

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

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  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  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 May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On May - 01 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  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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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 this day in history.   

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies