Page 9: Historical Events In May - 01

1934  Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1935  On May - 01 boulder Dam completed   

1935  Canada's first silver dollar is circulated on this day in history.   

1935  Royal Canadian Mint circulates Canada's first silver dollar, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of George V on May - 01.   

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades on this day in history.   

1936  FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis on this day in history.   

1937  FDR signs act of neutrality on May - 01.   

1937  On this day in history snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75   

1939  On this day in history batman Comics hit the street   

1939  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 01 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship   

1940  On this day in history the 1940 Olympics are cancelled   

1941  "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York on May - 01.   

1941  On this day in history allied evacuation from Greece completed   

1941  On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios   

1941  On this day in history german assault on Tobruk   

1941  Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY on May - 01.   

1941  On this day in history john R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71   

1942  Japanese forces take Mandalay, Burma, in World War II while British retreat along Chindwin Valley to India on May - 01.   

1942  On May - 01 radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"   

1942  On this day in history townsville put on invasion alert   

1943  On May - 01 final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins.   

1943  Food rationing begins in US on May - 01.   

1943  On May - 01 german plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta   

1943  German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes on this day in history.   

1943  Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871) on May - 01.   

1944  Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight on this day in history.   

1944  Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark) on May - 01.   

1944  Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails on this day in history.   

1945  900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide on May - 01.   

1945  On May - 01 admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government   

1945  Australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 01 australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan   

1945  On this day in history general Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms   

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

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

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 May - 01.   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

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

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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