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01 May 1006
Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
01 May 1048
Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands
01 May 1328
Wars of Scottish Independence end Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
01 May 1394
Ekiho exorcised the Zen temple and its surroundings of an old badger
01 May 1598
Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java modern day Indonesia
01 May 1625
Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
01 May 1682
Louis XIV & his court inaugurate Paris Observatory
01 May 1703
Battle at Rultusk Swedish army beats Russians
01 May 1704
Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper advertisement
01 May 1707
Acts of Union comes into force uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain
01 May 1711
Archduke Karel of AustriaHungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
01 May 1751
The New York Gazette carries the first public report of a cricket match played in America (New York)
01 May 1759
British fleet occupies Guadeloupe West Indies capturing it from France
01 May 1776
Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
01 May 1777
RB Sheridans School for Scandal premieres in London
01 May 1778
American Revolution The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro Pennsylvania.
01 May 1781
Emperor Joseph II decrees protection of population
01 May 1841
First emigrant wagon train leaves Independence Missouri for California
01 May 1848
The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg Pennsylvania
01 May 1851
Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace London
01 May 1852
The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.
01 May 1854
Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes
01 May 1857
William Walker conqueror of Nicaragua surrenders to US Navy
01 May 1861
Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harpers Ferry
01 May 1862
Major General Benjamin Butlers Union forces occupy New Orleans (US Civil War)
01 May 1863
Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled first opens its doors
01 May 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia 29000 injured or died
01 May 1863
Confederate National Flag replaces Stars & Bars
01 May 1863
Confederate congress passes resolution to kill black soldiers
01 May 1864
-8] Battle at Alexandria Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
01 May 1867
Reconstruction of South begins black voter registration
01 May 1873
Emperor Franz Joseph opens 5th Worlds Exposition in Vienna
01 May 1875
238 members of Whiskey Ring accused of anti-US activities
01 May 1875
Alexandra Palace London reopens after being burnt down in 1873
01 May 1883
First National League baseball game in Philadelphia since 1876 Providence Greys beat Philadelphia Quakers 4-3
01 May 1883
Bob Rogers is acknowledged as the first American pro sports trainer when he is hired by the NY Athletic Club
01 May 1884
Construction begins on Chicagos 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
01 May 1884
Catcher Moses Walker is acknowledged as the first African-American to play major league baseball joining the Toledo Blue Stockings
01 May 1884
Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.
01 May 1885
Maria Goeie Mie Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands
01 May 1886
US general strike for 8-hour working day begins
01 May 1889
2nd International Congress calls for 1st International Workers Day 1st May 1890 to mark protests in Chicago in 1886
01 May 1892
US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island San Francisco Bay
01 May 1900
Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield Utah
01 May 1901
Chicago White Sox outfielder Herm McFarland hits the first grand slam in American League history in a 19-9 win at home against Detroit. The Tigers committed 12 errors
01 May 1903
King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Paris where he is feted in a first step toward improving Anglo-French relations culminating in the sighing of the Entente Cordiale on 8 April 1904
01 May 1906
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher John Lush no-hits the Brooklyn Superbas 6-0
01 May 1907
Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
01 May 1908
Worlds most intense shower (2.47 in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama
01 May 1914
Chinas 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
01 May 1915
British liner Lusitania leaves NY for Liverpool
01 May 1915
German submarine torpedoes US tanker Gulflight
01 May 1919
Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5000 people in 104 small villages
01 May 1920
Roermond Football Club (1936 KNVB Cup) is established in Netherlands
01 May 1920
Longest MLB game by innings - Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves 1-1 in 26 innings
01 May 1921
Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda
01 May 1922
Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit no-run game
01 May 1924
Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes President of Greece
01 May 1925
Future Hall of Fame catcher Jimmie Foxx makes his MLB debut at 17 for Philadelphia As pinch-hits a single in 9-4 loss v Washington
01 May 1926
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern League for Chattanooga
01 May 1927
1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
01 May 1928
6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg Romania
01 May 1928
Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
01 May 1928
Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
01 May 1928
Rotterdam soccer club Black White 28 is established (2000 Womens KNVB Cup) declared bankrupt 2004
01 May 1930
The planet Pluto is officially named by 11 year-old Venetia Burney
01 May 1931
Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
01 May 1934
Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
01 May 1934
Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
01 May 1939
Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
01 May 1940
140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
01 May 1940
Summer Olympics (scheduled for Helsinki) are cancelled by the Finnish OC because of WWII
01 May 1941
General Mills introduces CheeriOats (renamed Cheerios in 1945) an oat-based ready-to-eat cold cereal
01 May 1941
US savings bonds go on sale to help finance the war effort
01 May 1942
Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear Jewish star
01 May 1943
1st edition of illegal The Free Artist appears in Amsterdam
01 May 1943
69th Kentucky Derby Johnny Longden wins aboard heavy favourite Count Fleet in the street car Derby
01 May 1943
Food rationing begins in the United States during World War II
01 May 1943
German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
01 May 1943
German plane sinks the British ship SS Erinpura in the Mediterranean with the loss of 799 lives
01 May 1943
SS General Hanns Albin Rauter announces that all Jews will be removed from the occupied Netherlands
01 May 1944
Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel 1st jet bomber makes 1st flight
01 May 1944
Pulitzer prize awarded to American Martin Flavin for his novel Journey in the Dark
01 May 1944
Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam fails
01 May 1945
About 1000 citizens of Demmin in Germany commit suicide provoked by occupation by Soviet Red Army
01 May 1945
General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
01 May 1945
Radio Budapest Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
01 May 1946
Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named American Mother of Year
01 May 1946
Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
01 May 1946
The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy
01 May 1947
Cleveland Indians abandon League Park (venue for weekday games) to play all MLB games at Municipal Stadium
01 May 1947
Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg USA ends term as 2nd head of CIA
01 May 1947
Radar for commercial & private planes 1st demonstrated
01 May 1947
Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter USN becomes 3th director of CIA
01 May 1948
74th Kentucky Derby Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Citation to become first 4-time Derby winning jockey
01 May 1948
North Korea proclaims itself Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
01 May 1948
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam
01 May 1948
Glenn Taylor Idaho Senator arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked for Negroes
01 May 1949
As Elmer Valo is 1st ALer to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
01 May 1949
Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid (2nd satellite of Neptune)
01 May 1950
Gwendolyn Brooks is 1st African American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
01 May 1950
Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
01 May 1950
New marriage laws enforced in Peoples Republic of China
01 May 1950
Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein for musical South Pacific
01 May 1950
WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
01 May 1951
Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
01 May 1951
Cuban MLB outfielder Minnie Minoso the first black player in Chicago White Sox franchise history - homers on debut
01 May 1952
US Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
01 May 1954
80th Kentucky Derby Raymond York wins aboard Determine his only Derby success
01 May 1954
Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden)
01 May 1954
WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan PR (NBCSFN) begins broadcasting
01 May 1954
Preston North End defender Joe Marston becomes the first Australian to play in an FA Cup Final a 3-2 loss to WBA
01 May 1955
American golfer Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins the Peach Blossom LPGA Tournament in Spartanburg South Carolina her final victory before her death the following year.
01 May 1955
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller tosses his record 12th 1-hitter
01 May 1956
A doctor in Japan reports an epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system marking the official discovery of Minamata disease
01 May 1957
Flevo Boys Football Club is established in Emmeloord the Netherlands
01 May 1958
Ambonese rebellion bombs Ambon conquers Morotai
01 May 1958
Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina
01 May 1960
Indias Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
01 May 1960
Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
01 May 1960
7th National Film Awards (India) Apur Sansar wins the Golden Lotus
01 May 1883
First National League baseball game in Philadelphia since 1876 Providence Greys beat Philadelphia Quakers 4-3
01 May 1901
Chicago White Sox outfielder Herm McFarland hits first grand slam in American League history in 19-9 win at home against Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors
01 May 1906
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher John Lush no-hits the Brooklyn Superbas 6-0
01 May 1925
Future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Jimmie Foxx makes his MLB debut at 17 for Philadelphia As pinch-hits a single in 9-4 loss v Washington
01 May 1928
Rotterdam soccer club Black White 28 is established (2000 Womens KNVB Cup) declared bankrupt 2004
01 May 1955
Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller tosses his record 12th 1-hitter in Indians 2-0 win v Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Stadium
01 May 1961
Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
01 May 1851
First public flushing toilets the Monkey Closets unveiled by George Jennings as part of The Great Exhibition at Hyde Park London costing one penny
01 May 1851
Great Exhibition opens in the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park London
01 May 1863
Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled first opens its doors in New York City oldest orthopaedic hospital in the United States
01 May 1962
1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
01 May 1718
Spanish Catholic missionaries establish Mission San Antonio de Valero (now known as Alamo) the fist of several settlements in what is now San Antonio Texas
01 May 1931
Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running association with CBS radio various programs continue until 1945
01 May 1954
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation [1]
01 May 1308
Albert I King of Germany is assassinated by his nephew John of Swabia [the Parricide] for cutting John out of his right to inherit
01 May 1394
Ekiho exorcises the Zen temple and its surroundings of an old badger
01 May 1523
Danish prince and later King Christian III arrives in Veere Zeeland
01 May 1606
Spanish Queirs Expedition are the first Europeans to discover Espritu Santo Vanuatu - although they think they have discovered Terra Australis (southern continent) [1]
01 May 1625
Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) from the forces of the Dutch West India Company
01 May 1682
Louis XIV and his court inaugurate the Paris Observatory
01 May 1709
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe first opens its doors in Mexico City on the site of two apparitions of the Virgin - now a basilica and the holiest church in Mexico
01 May 1711
Habsburg Emperor Charles VI and Hungarian nobles including Sndor Krolyi sign Peace of Szatmar ending rebellion led by Francis II Rkczi
01 May 1715
Brandenburg-Prussia joins the Russian-led anti Swedish alliance by declaring war on Sweden during the Great Northern War
01 May 1756
France and Austria sign First Treaty of Versailles alliance - guaranteeing Austrian neutrality in war between Britain and France
01 May 1846
Austrian explorer Ida Laura Pfeiffer (48) begins her first trip around world leaving by boat from Hamburg bound for Rio de Janeiro
01 May 1861
General Lee orders Confederate troops under T. J. Jackson to Harpers Ferry
01 May 1864
Atlanta campaign in Georgia begins during US Civil War
01 May 1901
Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo New York (runs till 2 November)
01 May 1906
Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Lush (20) pitches no-hitter in 6-0 win over Brooklyn Superbas in Washington Park in Brooklyn New York the teams last no-hitter until 1964
01 May 1912
The Beverly Hills Hotel opens on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills California
01 May 1927
Imperial Airways is the first British airliner to serve cooked meals
01 May 1929
Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen Netherlands
01 May 1930
The planet Pluto is officially named by 11-year-old English schoolgirl Venetia Burney
01 May 1931
Empire State Building opens in New York City - worlds tallest building until the World Trade Center in 1970
01 May 1931
Norway claims uninhabited Peter I Island in the Bellingshausen Sea near Antarctica
01 May 1939
Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings for The Yearling
01 May 1944
Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam fails
01 May 1945
Australian and Dutch troops land on Tarakan off the coast of Borneo
01 May 1946
Start of the three-year Pilbara strike by indigenous Aboriginals in Western Australia for better wages and conditions [1]
01 May 1947
General Hoyt Vandenberg ends his term as the second head of the CIA
01 May 1947
Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter becomes the third Director of the CIA
01 May 1949
Athletics Elmer Valo is 1st ALer to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
01 May 1952
Mr Potato Head first introduced by toy distributor Hasbro
01 May 1962
1st French underground nuclear test in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria
01 May 1963
1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
01 May 1704
Boston News-Letter publishes first newspaper advertisement
01 May 1875
Alexandra Palace in London reopens after burning down in 1873
01 May 1884
Construction begins on Chicagos first skyscraper (10 stories)
01 May 1908
Worlds most intense rainfall (2.47 inches in 3 minutes) occurs in Portobelo Panama
01 May 1946
Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named American Mother of Year by the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation in New York
01 May 1947
Radar for commercial and private planes is first demonstrated
01 May 1949
Athletics Elmer Valo is the first AL baseball player to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
01 May 1950
Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for Annie Allen
01 May 1963
Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from the Netherlands
01 May 1963
Jim Whittaker becomes the first American to summit Mount Everest
01 May 1328
Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton The Kingdom of England recognizes the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state ending the Wars of Scottish Independence
01 May 1606
Spanish Queirs expedition is the first European expedition to reach Espritu Santo Vanuatu although its members believe they have discovered Terra Australis the supposed southern continent [1]
01 May 1707
Acts of Union come into force uniting England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain
01 May 1709
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe first opens its doors in Mexico City on the site of two apparitions of the Virgin now a basilica and the holiest church in Mexico
01 May 1715
Brandenburg-Prussia joins the Russian-led anti-Swedish alliance by declaring war on Sweden during the Great Northern War
01 May 1756
France and Austria sign the First Treaty of Versailles an alliance that guarantees Austrian neutrality in a war between Britain and France
01 May 1776
German philosopher Adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of the Illuminati
01 May 1778
Battle of Crooked Billet British forces surprise and inflict a heavy defeat on the Pennsylvania militia led by John Lacey in Hatboro Pennsylvania during the American Revolution
01 May 1822
John Phillips is elected the first mayor of Boston
01 May 1850
John Geary becomes the first mayor of San Francisco
01 May 1851
Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London
01 May 1853
Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes a major urban infrastructure development
01 May 1857
William Walker conqueror of Nicaragua surrenders to the US Navy in Rivas
01 May 1863
Battle of Port Gibson Union victory Confederates outnumbered about 8000 to 23000 (Mississippi)
01 May 1863
The Confederate National Flag replaces the Stars and Bars
01 May 1864
Union forces clash with Confederates at the Battle of Alexandria Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
01 May 1873
US issues the worlds first government postal card
01 May 1875
238 members of the Whiskey Ring are accused of anti-US activities one of the largest corruption scandals in US history
01 May 1883
The International Colonial and Export Trade Exposition is held from May 1 to October 1 in Amsterdam
01 May 1886
Nationwide demonstrations and strikes demanding an eight-hour workday begin in the US
01 May 1889
Second International Congress calls for the first International Workers Day on May 1 in honor of the Chicago protests of 1886
01 May 1893
Worlds Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss arrival in the New World
01 May 1893
Worlds Columbian Exposition showcasing technological innovations opens in Chicago (original Ferris wheel first moving walkway)
01 May 1900
Scofield Mine disaster a premature blast collapses a mine tunnel killing at least 200 in Scofield Utah
01 May 1901
The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo New York and runs until November 2
01 May 1913
Longacre Theatre opens at 220 W 48th Street in New York City
01 May 1920
Longest MLB game by innings Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves tie 1-1 in 26 innings
01 May 1922
Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitches a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers
01 May 1927
Pitcairn Airlines later Eastern Air Lines begins service
01 May 1928
Fascist Erich Wichman attacks socialist VARA-radio transmitter while drunk
01 May 1928
Hailstones kill six children and injure 10 in Klausenburg Romania
01 May 1929
Police kill 19 and injure at least 250 May Day demonstrators in Berlin
01 May 1931
The Empire State Building opens in New York City as the worlds tallest building until the World Trade Center surpasses it in 1970
01 May 1932
First Suriname union congress held in Paramaribo
01 May 1934
Tydings-McDuffie Act Philippine Legislature accepts the US proposal for independence (realized in 1946)
01 May 1935
Canadas first silver dollar enters circulation featuring King George V
01 May 1940
Summer Olympics scheduled for Helsinki Finland are cancelled by the Finnish Olympic Committee because of WWII
01 May 1941
General Mills introduces CheeriOats an oat-based ready-to-eat cold cereal renamed Cherrios in 1945
01 May 1942
Radio Orange (Oranje) urges listeners to defy the Nazi-imposed order requiring Jewish people to wear the Star of David
01 May 1945
About 1000 citizens of Demmin Germany commit suicide provoked by occupation of the Soviet Red Army
01 May 1945
Arthur Seyss-Inquart flees to Flensburg Germany
01 May 1945
Radio Budapest resumes shortwave broadcasting in Hungary after World War II
01 May 1947
Radar for commercial and private planes are first demonstrated
01 May 1947
Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter becomes the third Director of the CIA and the first director of the agency after the dissolution of its predecessor the CIG
01 May 1948
Idaho Senator Glen Taylor is arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door labeled for Negroes
01 May 1949
Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid Neptunes second-largest moon
01 May 1950
Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans the traditional May Day parade
01 May 1950
WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing Michigan (CBS) begins broadcasting
01 May 1951
600000 people march for peace and freedom in Berlin Germany
01 May 1951
Dutch Reformed Church introduces a new church choir
01 May 1951
Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Mickey Mantle hits first career home run in 8-3 win v White Sox in Chicago Minnie Mioso homers in Sox debut
01 May 1952
Mr. Potato Head is first introduced by toy company Hasbro
01 May 1954
Dutch Roman Catholic bishops publish Episcopal Mandate forbidding membership in the socialist trade union
01 May 1954
The Unification Church (HSA-UWC) is founded by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul
01 May 1954
WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan Puerto Rico (NBCSFN) begins broadcasting
01 May 1957
Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches an altitude of 121 miles (195 km)
01 May 1960
Indias Bombay State formally dissolves as the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra are formed
01 May 1961
First US airplane hijacked to Cuba National Airlines Convair 440
01 May 1961
Tanganyika gains independence from the UK and joins the Commonwealth
01 May 1962
First French underground nuclear test in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria
01 May 1964
First BASIC program runs on a computer at Dartmouth College
01 May 1965
Battle of Dongyin a naval conflict between the Republic of China and the Peoples Republic of China takes place
01 May 1965
Stanley Cup Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Dick Duff has a goal and 2 assists as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 in Game 7 to take title 4-3
01 May 1966
Last British concert by the Beatles at Empire Pool in Wembley London
01 May 1966
Radio RSA The Voice of South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
01 May 1966
United States attacks Cambodia for the first time in the Vietnam War
01 May 1967
Bernard Malamud wins the Pulitzer Price in Fiction for The Fixer
01 May 1967
Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of the Dutch Central Bank
01 May 1969
Houston Astros hurler Don Wilson blanks Reds 4-0 for second career no-hitter at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
01 May 1969
Trucking magnate Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for a professional sports record of 16.15 million
01 May 1971
Amtrak begins operations with its first train running from New York City to Philadelphia
01 May 1972
North Vietnamese troops successfully occupy Qung Tr city
01 May 1972
Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Wallace Stegner for his novel Angle of Repose