Historical Events In May - 01

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

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  Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group) on May - 01.  

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

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

1908  Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone) on this day in history.  

1909  Netherlands begins unity with Belgium on May - 01.  

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on May - 01.  

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  On this day in history canada issues first five-dollar bank note.  

1912  On May - 01 amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms  

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  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 this day in history british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool  

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

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

1916  The birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor on May - 01.  

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

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

1917  On May - 01 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 this day in history mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people.  

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

1920  On May - 01 belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens  

1920  On this day in history babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds  

1921  On May - 01 drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda  

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

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  

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 May - 01 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 this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

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

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

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

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  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies