Historical Events In May - 01

1959  On May - 01 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on May - 01.   

1959  On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week   

1959  Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on this day in history.   

1960  CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk on May - 01.   

1960  On this day in history gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR   

1960  On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states   

1960  Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on May - 01.   

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba on this day in history.   

1961  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) on May - 01.   

1961  On May - 01 tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain   

1961  On May - 01 the first US airplane hijacked to Cuba   

1962  On May - 01 jFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)   

1962  The first French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara on May - 01.   

1963  On May - 01 indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands   

1963  The first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 01 the first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)   

1965  On May - 01 uSSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon   

1965  Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65 on May - 01.   

1966  Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 01 mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational   

1966  Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting on May - 01.   

1966  On this day in history uS troops shooting targets in Cambodia   

1967  On this day in history anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua   

1967  Elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on May - 01.   

1967  In Greece a 5.75-6.0 earthquake in the mountainous area of northern Arta Province, 9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100 houses destroyed on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank   

1967  On May - 01 pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens   

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on May - 01.   

1969  Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting on May - 01.   

1969  On May - 01 ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56   

1971  On this day in history amtrak railroad begins operation   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

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

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

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

0408  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 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 this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies