Page 6: Historical Events In May - 01

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

1883  On this day in history "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show   

1884  Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories) on May - 01.   

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

1884  Felipe Boero, composer on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1886  Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)   

1889  On this day in history bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)   

1889  1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International on this day in history.   

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 May - 01 uS Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay   

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

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.   

1893  On May - 01 world Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago   

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

1896  On May - 01 nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

1898  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1900  On May - 01 premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT   

1900  On May - 01 premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah   

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

1901  Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo on May - 01.   

1901  On this day in history detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox   

1902  On May - 01 john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on this day in history.   

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

1905  On this day in history leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)   

1906  On May - 01 troops in Paris make many arrests during a May Day protest   

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

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

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 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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

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