Historical Events In May - 01

1907  On May - 01 belgian Government of De Trooz forms   

1907  Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) on this day in history.   

1907  Belgium govt of De Trooz forms on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 01 jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)   

1908  World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama on May - 01.   

1908  On this day in history world's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  On this day in history giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)   

1909  On this day in history netherlands begins unity with Belgium   

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 01 ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice   

1910  On May - 01 cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)   

1912  On May - 01 beverly Hills Hotel opens   

1912  On May - 01 canada issues first five-dollar bank note.   

1912  Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms on May - 01.   

1912  On this day in history anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano   

1913  The Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote - ten shillings on May - 01.   

1913  On this day in history longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC   

1913  On this day in history walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor   

1914  China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification on May - 01.   

1914  On May - 01 china's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

1915  British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 01 german submarine sinks US ship Gulflight   

1915  On this day in history british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool   

1916  On this day in history the birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor   

1916  Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)   

1917  On this day in history jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies   

1919  Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages on May - 01.   

1919  On this day in history mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people.   

1919  On May - 01 alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner   

1920  On this day in history belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens   

1920  Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds on May - 01.   

1921  Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda on this day in history.   

1921  12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 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 this day in history.   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  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 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 May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.