Page 11: Historical Events In May - 01

1959  Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 01.   

1959  Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on this day in history.   

1959  West Germany introduces 5 day work week on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies   

1960  On this day in history cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk   

1960  Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on this day in history.   

1960  India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis   

1961  Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba on May - 01.   

1961  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)   

1961  Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain on May - 01.   

1961  The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands on May - 01.   

1963  On May - 01 the first American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest   

1964  The first BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) on May - 01.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon on May - 01.   

1965  On this day in history leo Spies, composer, dies at 65   

1966  On this day in history last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)   

1966  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 01 radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting   

1966  US troops shooting targets in Cambodia on May - 01.   

1967  Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history elvis Presley &Pricilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas   

1967  On May - 01 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   

1967  Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank on May - 01.   

1967  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer)   

1968  Legoland, in Denmark, opens on May - 01.   

1968  Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on May - 01.   

1969  43 Unification church couples wed in NYC on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting   

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 this day in history.   

1218  On this day in history 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  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

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

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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