Page 10: Historical Events In May - 01

1945  Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII on May - 01.   

1945  Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg on May - 01.   

1945  On this day in history soviet army reach Rostock   

1945  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 01.   

1946  On May - 01 fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander   

1946  Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year" on May - 01.   

1946  On May - 01 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71   

1947  Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA on May - 01.   

1947  On this day in history radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated   

1947  On May - 01 rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA   

1947  On May - 01 sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed   

1948  On May - 01 glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham AL for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"   

1948  On this day in history north Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea   

1948  Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered on May - 01.   

1949  Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) on May - 01.   

1950  On this day in history mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade   

1950  New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China on this day in history.   

1950  Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers &Hammerstein (South Pacific) on this day in history.   

1951  600,000 march for peace &freedom in Germany on May - 01.   

1951  On May - 01 dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir   

1951  Mickey Mantle's first homerun on May - 01.   

1951  The 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group sent to join United Nations forces in Korea on May - 01.   

1952  Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada on May - 01.   

1952  On this day in history mr Potato Head, introduced   

1952  On this day in history tWA introduces tourist class   

1952  On this day in history william Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73   

1954  On this day in history hSA-UWC Established (Unification Church) (The Moonies)   

1954  Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1957  Larry King's first radio broadcast on May - 01.   

1957  US give Poland credit of $95 million on May - 01.   

1957  Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km on May - 01.   

1957  Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 on May - 01.   

1958  Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai on May - 01.   

1958  Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina on May - 01.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

1285  On May - 01 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  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.   

1567  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.