Historical Events In May - 01

1907  On this day in history belgian Government of De Trooz forms  

1907  On May - 01 indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies)  

1907  Belgium govt of De Trooz forms on May - 01.  

1907  Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group) on this day in history.  

1908  World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama on this day in history.  

1908  On May - 01 world's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama  

1908  Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone) on May - 01.  

1909  On this day in history netherlands begins unity with Belgium  

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

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

1910  On this day in history cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)  

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 this day in history.  

1912  Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history the Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote - ten shillings.  

1913  Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC on this day in history.  

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

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

1914  On this day in history china's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification  

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

1915  German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight on May - 01.  

1915  On May - 01 british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool  

1916  On May - 01 the birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor  

1916  On this day in history glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)  

1917  Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1919  On May - 01 mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people.  

1919  Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner on this day in history.  

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

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

1921  Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda on May - 01.  

1921  On May - 01 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire  

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.  

1218  On May - 01 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 01.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 May - 01.  

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  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.  

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