Page 9: Historical Events In May - 01
Friday, 04 July 2025
1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35 on May - 01.
1935 On May - 01 boulder Dam completed
1935 On May - 01 canada's first silver dollar is circulated
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 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 May - 01.
1939 On May - 01 batman Comics hit the street
1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling) on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled on this day in history.
1941 On May - 01 "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York
1941 On this day in history allied evacuation from Greece completed
1941 On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios
1941 On May - 01 german assault on Tobruk
1941 Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history john R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71
1942 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1942 On this day in history townsville put on invasion alert
1943 Final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins on this day in history.
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 May - 01.
1943 Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871) on May - 01.
1944 On this day in history 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 May - 01.
1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide on May - 01.
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government on this day in history.
1945 Australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast on May - 01.
1945 Australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan on May - 01.
1945 On this day in history general Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
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