Historical Events In May - 01

1907  Belgian Government of De Trooz forms on May - 01.  

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

1907  On this day in history belgium govt of De Trooz forms  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1909  Netherlands begins unity with Belgium on May - 01.  

1909  On this day in history prohibition goes into effect in Ontario.  

1909  Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice on this day in history.  

1910  Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins) on May - 01.  

1912  On this day in history beverly Hills Hotel opens  

1912  Canada issues first five-dollar bank note on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1913  On May - 01 longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC  

1913  Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor on this day in history.  

1914  China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification on this day in history.  

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

1915  On May - 01 british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool  

1915  On this day in history german submarine sinks US ship Gulflight  

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

1916  On May - 01 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  Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) on May - 01.  

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

1919  On this day in history mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages  

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

1919  On this day in history alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner  

1920  Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens on May - 01.  

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  On May - 01 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire  

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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 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  

1277  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies  

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

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

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