Historical Events In May - 01

1907  Belgian Government of De Trooz forms on May - 01.   

1907  Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) on May - 01.   

1907  Belgium govt of De Trooz forms on this day in history.   

1907  Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group) on May - 01.   

1908  On May - 01 world's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama   

1908  World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama on May - 01.   

1908  Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone) on May - 01.   

1909  On May - 01 netherlands begins unity with Belgium   

1909  Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario on May - 01.   

1909  On this day in history ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice   

1910  On May - 01 cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)   

1912  On May - 01 beverly Hills Hotel opens   

1912  Canada issues first five-dollar bank note on this day in history.   

1912  Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms on this day in history.   

1912  Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 01 the Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote - ten shillings.   

1913  On this day in history longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC   

1913  Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history china's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification   

1914  China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification on May - 01.   

1915  On this day in history british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool   

1915  German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight on May - 01.   

1915  British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool on May - 01.   

1916  The birth of Glenn Ford, American film actor on May - 01.   

1916  On May - 01 glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)   

1917  On this day in history danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)   

1917  On May - 01 jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies   

1919  On this day in history mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages   

1919  Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia, killing 5,000 people on this day in history.   

1919  Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner on this day in history.   

1920  Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens on this day in history.   

1920  Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds on May - 01.   

1921  On this day in history drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda   

1921  On this day in history 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire   

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

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies