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May 1, 2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over May 1, 1999 125th Kentucky Derby May 1, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego, California on KIOZ 105.3 FM May 1, 1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K. May 1, 1996 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 308 performances May 1, 1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game May 1, 1995 "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances May 1, 1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park May 1, 1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances May 1, 1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances May 1, 1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed May 1, 1994 Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman May 1, 1994 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament May 1, 1994 Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship May 1, 1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 May 1, 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) May 1, 1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior May 1, 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King May 1, 1992 New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) May 1, 1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base May 1, 1991 "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 983 performances May 1, 1991 A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks May 1, 1991 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy May 1, 1991 Angola's civil war ends May 1, 1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge May 1, 1991 Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings May 1, 1991 Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto May 1, 1991 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal May 1, 1991 Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0) May 1, 1990 "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City May 1, 1989 Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public May 1, 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days May 1, 1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting May 1, 1988 "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances May 1, 1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 May 1, 1988 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic May 1, 1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games May 1, 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun May 1, 1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph May 1, 1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap May 1, 1986 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole May 1, 1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels May 1, 1985 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua May 1, 1985 William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City May 1, 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 1, 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy May 1, 1983 "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances May 1, 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament May 1, 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) May 1, 1982 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 May 1, 1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens May 1, 1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead May 1, 1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett May 1, 1981 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges May 1, 1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 May 1, 1980 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf May 1, 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins May 1, 1980 Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff May 1, 1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) May 1, 1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel May 1, 1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) May 1, 1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing May 1, 1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated May 1, 1978 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht May 1, 1978 Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone May 1, 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) May 1, 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic May 1, 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated May 1, 1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6 May 1, 1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2) May 1, 1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead May 1, 1973 San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 May 1, 1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances May 1, 1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee May 1, 1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) May 1, 1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres May 1, 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2 May 1, 1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation May 1, 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" May 1, 1969 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City May 1, 1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0 May 1, 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 May 1, 1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances May 1, 1968 Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup May 1, 1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua May 1, 1967 Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed May 1, 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank May 1, 1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer) May 1, 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) May 1, 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational May 1, 1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting May 1, 1966 U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia May 1, 1965 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2 May 1, 1965 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 May 1, 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon May 1, 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) May 1, 1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest May 1, 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands May 1, 1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria May 1, 1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start May 1, 1962 John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act May 1, 1961 1st U.S. airplane hijacked to Cuba May 1, 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba May 1, 1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird May 1, 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain May 1, 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states May 1, 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis May 1, 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane May 1, 1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title May 1, 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week May 1, 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR May 1, 1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai May 1, 1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina May 1, 1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord May 1, 1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast May 1, 1957 U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million May 1, 1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km May 1, 1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament May 1, 1955 Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) May 1, 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 May 1, 1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden) May 1, 1954 HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies) May 1, 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting May 1, 1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada May 1, 1952 Mr. Potato Head, introduced May 1, 1952 TWA introduces tourist class May 1, 1951 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany May 1, 1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir May 1, 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st HR May 1, 1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox May 1, 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry May 1, 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade May 1, 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China May 1, 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) May 1, 1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting May 1, 1949 A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game May 1, 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) May 1, 1948 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4 May 1, 1948 North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea May 1, 1948 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam May 1, 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad May 1, 1947 Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA May 1, 1947 Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated May 1, 1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA May 1, 1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander May 1, 1946 Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year" May 1, 1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide May 1, 1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government May 1, 1945 Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan May 1, 1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms May 1, 1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II May 1, 1945 Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg May 1, 1945 Soviet army reach Rostock May 1, 1944 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight May 1, 1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) May 1, 1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails May 1, 1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam May 1, 1943 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04 May 1, 1943 Food rationing begins in U.S. May 1, 1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes May 1, 1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta May 1, 1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence May 1, 1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" May 1, 1941 "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York May 1, 1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios May 1, 1941 German assault on Tobruk May 1, 1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled May 1, 1939 Batman comics hit street May 1, 1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) May 1, 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality May 1, 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades May 1, 1936 FBI's J. Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis May 1, 1935 Boulder Dam completed May 1, 1935 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated May 1, 1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican May 1, 1934 Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence May 1, 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert May 1, 1932 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo May 1, 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City May 1, 1931 Norway claims Peter I Island May 1, 1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS May 1, 1930 Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng May 1, 1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds May 1, 1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen May 1, 1929 Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin May 1, 1928 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania May 1, 1928 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter May 1, 1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) May 1, 1928 Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service May 1, 1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms May 1, 1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) May 1, 1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam May 1, 1927 Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen May 1, 1926 British coal-miners go on strike May 1, 1926 Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings May 1, 1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League May 1, 1925 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single May 1, 1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony May 1, 1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece May 1, 1922 Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game May 1, 1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda May 1, 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds May 1, 1920 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens May 1, 1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings May 1, 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages May 1, 1915 British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool May 1, 1915 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight May 1, 1914 China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification May 1, 1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St. New York City May 1, 1912 Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms May 1, 1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens May 1, 1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium May 1, 1908 World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo, Panama May 1, 1907 Belgium government of De Trooz forms May 1, 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies) May 1, 1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0 May 1, 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox May 1, 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League May 1, 1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo May 1, 1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah May 1, 1900 Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond May 1, 1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago May 1, 1892 U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay May 1, 1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 May 1, 1889 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International May 1, 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) May 1, 1886 U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins May 1, 1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth May 1, 1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) May 1, 1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league May 1, 1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show May 1, 1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens May 1, 1883 Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 May 1, 1883 New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer May 1, 1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities May 1, 1873 1st U.S. postal card issued May 1, 1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna May 1, 1873 International Exhibition opens in Vienna May 1, 1869 Folies Bergere opens in Paris May 1, 1867 Howard University chartered May 1, 1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration May 1, 1866 American Equal Rights Association forms May 1, 1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) May 1, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died) May 1, 1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi May 1, 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" May 1, 1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers May 1, 1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans May 1, 1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry May 1, 1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy May 1, 1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes May 1, 1853 Argentina adopts it's constitution May 1, 1851 Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London May 1, 1850 John Geary becomes 1st San Francisco mayor May 1, 1846 Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world May 1, 1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message May 1, 1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate May 1, 1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California May 1, 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued May 1, 1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws May 1, 1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston May 1, 1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) May 1, 1781 Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population May 1, 1777 RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London May 1, 1776 Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati May 1, 1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France May 1, 1757 Austria and France divide Prussia May 1, 1756 France and Austria sign alliance May 1, 1751 1st American cricket match is played May 1, 1725 Spain and Austria sign trade treaty May 1, 1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden May 1, 1711 Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar May 1, 1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain May 1, 1704 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad May 1, 1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians May 1, 1682 Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory May 1, 1628 Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women May 1, 1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) May 1, 1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland May 1, 1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java May 1, 1551 Council of Trente resumes May 1, 1544 Turkish troops occupy Hungary May 1, 1528 Panfilo the Narvaez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida May 1, 1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere May 1, 1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger May 1, 1048 Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth May 1, 1006 Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus |