Page 9: Historical Events In May - 01

1934  On May - 01 alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35   

1935  On this day in history boulder Dam completed   

1935  On this day in history canada's first silver dollar is circulated   

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

1936  Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades on May - 01.   

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

1937  On May - 01 fDR signs act of neutrality   

1937  Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 on May - 01.   

1939  On this day in history batman Comics hit the street   

1939  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) on May - 01.   

1940  140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship on this day in history.   

1940  The 1940 Olympics are cancelled on May - 01.   

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

1941  Allied evacuation from Greece completed on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 01 general Mills introduces Cheerios   

1941  On this day in history german assault on Tobruk   

1941  On May - 01 orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY   

1941  John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 on May - 01.   

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

1942  Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" on May - 01.   

1942  Townsville put on invasion alert on May - 01.   

1943  Final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 01 food rationing begins in US   

1943  German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta on May - 01.   

1943  On May - 01 german Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes   

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

1944  On May - 01 messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight   

1944  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark)   

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

1945  On this day in history 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide   

1945  Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government on May - 01.   

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

1945  Australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan on this day in history.   

1945  General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms on May - 01.   

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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 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1577  On this day in history 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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

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