Historical Events In May - 01
Friday, 29 March 2024
1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35 on May - 01.
1935 On this day in history boulder Dam completed
1935 Canada's first silver dollar is circulated on May - 01.
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 On May - 01 emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
1936 FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis on May - 01.
1937 On this day in history fDR signs act of neutrality
1937 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1939 On May - 01 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 this day in history.
1941 "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York on this day in history.
1941 On May - 01 allied evacuation from Greece completed
1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios on this day in history.
1941 On May - 01 german assault on Tobruk
1941 On this day in history 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 Japanese forces take Mandalay, Burma, in World War II while British retreat along Chindwin Valley to India on May - 01.
1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" on this day in history.
1942 Townsville put on invasion alert on May - 01.
1943 On this day in history final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins.
1943 On this day in history food rationing begins in US
1943 On this day in history german plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes on May - 01.
1943 Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871) on May - 01.
1944 On May - 01 messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, first jet bomber, makes first flight
1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark) on this day in history.
1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails on this day in history.
1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide on May - 01.
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast
1945 On this day in history australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan
1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms on this day in history.
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