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Birthday May 01, 1672 Joseph Addison, English essayist (Spectator) |
Birthday May 01, 1769 Duke of Wellington, (C), victor at Waterloo, British PM (1828-30) |
Birthday May 01, 1830 Mary Harris Jones, (Mother Jones), hell-raiser |
Birthday May 01, 1852 Calamity Jane is born |
Birthday May 01, 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher, paleontologist |
Birthday May 01, 1887 Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born |
Birthday May 01, 1900 Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist, politician (Bread and Wine) |
Birthday May 01, 1909 Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America) |
Birthday May 01, 1910 Cliff Battles, NFL halfback (Boston/Washington Redskins) |
Birthday May 01, 1916 Glenn Ford, Actor (Big Heat, Midway) |
Birthday May 01, 1917 Danielle Darieux, in France |
Birthday May 01, 1918 Jack Paar, Tonight Show host |
Birthday May 01, 1923 Joseph Heller is born |
Birthday May 01, 1925 Chuck Bednarik, NFL center, linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles) |
Birthday May 01, 1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Mercury astronaut (Aurora 7) |
Birthday May 01, 1930 Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles) |
Birthday May 01, 1939 Judy Collins, in Seattle Wash |
Birthday May 01, 1945 Rita Coolidge, in Tennessee |
History May 01, 1006 Supernova observed in Lupus the Wolf constellation |
History May 01, 1682 Louis XIV & his court inaugurate Paris Observatory |
History May 01, 1701 England - Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain |
History May 01, 1786 Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna |
History May 01, 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued |
History May 01, 1841 1st wagon train leaves Independance - Mo for Cal |
History May 01, 1850 John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor |
History May 01, 1851 Great Exhibition opens |
History May 01, 1860 1st school for deaf founded |
History May 01, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville begins |
History May 01, 1869 Folies-Bergre opens in Paris |
History May 01, 1873 1st US postal card issued |
History May 01, 1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper |
History May 01, 1890 May Day |
History May 01, 1892 Angel Is US Quarantine Station opens |
History May 01, 1898 The Battle of Manila Bay |
History May 01, 1915 International Congress of Women adopts resolutions |
History May 01, 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career - out of Polo Grounds |
History May 01, 1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League |
History May 01, 1926 Dogers & Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings |
History May 01, 1926 Ford factory workers get 40-hour week |
History May 01, 1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) |
History May 01, 1931 Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building |
History May 01, 1931 Empire State Building opens in NYC |
History May 01, 1932 Charles Lindbergh's baby kidnapped |
History May 01, 1941 Citizen Kane released |
History May 01, 1947 Radar for coml & private planes 1st demonstrated |
History May 01, 1948 Dem People's Rep of Korea (N Korea) established |
History May 01, 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid - (2nd satellite of Neptune) |
History May 01, 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st HR |
History May 01, 1955 Bobby Feller's 15th 1-hit or less game |
History May 01, 1958 President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day |
History May 01, 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' US spy plane |
History May 01, 1960 American U-2 spy plane shot down |
History May 01, 1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba |
History May 01, 1963 An American tops Everest |
History May 01, 1964 1st BASIC program run on a computer (Dartmouth) |
History May 01, 1969 Senator criticizes Nixon's handling of the war |
History May 01, 1972 North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri |
History May 01, 1975 Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semi Finals- Flyers hold 2-0 lead |
History May 01, 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated |
History May 01, 1979 Marshall Islands becomes self-governing |
History May 01, 1980 Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff |
History May 01, 1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT) - Semi-Finals- Isles hold 3-0 lead |
History May 01, 1991 Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record |
History May 01, 1997 Labour party returns to power in Britain |
History May 01, 2002 Former NBA All-Star indicted |
History May 01, 2003 Record-breaking tornado wave begins |