Historical Events In May - 01

1883  On this day in history amsterdam World's Fair opens   

1883  "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show on May - 01.   

1884  On this day in history construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  On May - 01 construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)   

1884  On May - 01 felipe Boero, composer   

1885  On May - 01 maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands   

1885  On this day in history maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth   

1886  US general strike for 8 hour day, begins on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

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 May - 01.   

1892  On this day in history 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 May - 01 howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

1892  On May - 01 willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1893  World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1895  Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) on May - 01.   

1896  Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 01 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  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT   

1900  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah on this day in history.   

1900  Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo   

1901  On May - 01 detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

1904  On this day in history antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1905  On May - 01 leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)   

1906  Troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 01 phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0   

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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  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  On May - 01 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  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

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

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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