Historical Events In May - 01
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1934 On May - 01 alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35
1935 Boulder Dam completed on this day in history.
1935 Canada's first silver dollar is circulated on May - 01.
1935 On this day in history royal Canadian Mint circulates Canada's first silver dollar, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of George V
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades on May - 01.
1936 On this day in history fBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis
1937 FDR signs act of neutrality on May - 01.
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 On this day in history pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling)
1940 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship on this day in history.
1940 On May - 01 the 1940 Olympics are cancelled
1941 "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York on May - 01.
1941 On May - 01 allied evacuation from Greece completed
1941 On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios
1941 On this day in history german assault on Tobruk
1941 Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY on May - 01.
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 this day in history.
1942 On this day in history radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
1942 Townsville put on invasion alert on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history final assault on Tunis by Allied troops begins.
1943 Food rationing begins in US on this day in history.
1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta on this day in history.
1943 On May - 01 german Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
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 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the Dark)
1944 On May - 01 surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
1945 On May - 01 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide
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 this day in history.
1945 Australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan on May - 01.
1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms on May - 01.
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