Historical Events In May - 01
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens on May - 01.
1883 On May - 01 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
1884 On May - 01 construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)
1884 On May - 01 construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
1884 Felipe Boero, composer on May - 01.
1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands on May - 01.
1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth on this day in history.
1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on this day in history.
1886 Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.
1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) on this day in history.
1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) on May - 01.
1889 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International on May - 01.
1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 on this day in history.
1892 On May - 01 uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay
1892 On this day in history uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay
1892 On this day in history howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)
1892 On May - 01 willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89
1893 On May - 01 world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) on this day in history.
1896 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.
1898 On this day in history george Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
1898 On May - 01 eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
1898 On May - 01 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81
1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
1900 On this day in history ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)
1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on May - 01.
1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox on May - 01.
1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on May - 01.
1903 On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies
1904 AntonÃnDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.
1905 Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap) on this day in history.
1906 On this day in history troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest
1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 on May - 01.
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