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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1925 | Chuck Bednarik: Pennsylvania, United States -- NFL hall of fame center / linebacker (Philadelphia) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Malcolm Scott Carpenter: Boulder, Colorado -- Astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony | |||
| 01 May 1925 | The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada. | |||
| 01 May 1925 | The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic (d. 2014) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (d. 2015) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (d. 2014) | |||
| 01 May 1925 | WW2 | Adolf Hitler received a letter notifying him that he had failed to file tax in 1924 and in the first quarter of 1925. | ||
| 01 May 1925 | WW2 | Iwane Matsui was named the head of the 2nd Bureau of the Japanese Army General Staff. | ||
| 01 May 1925 | WW2 | Kenkichi Ueda was attached to the supply section of the Japanese Army Cavalry Command. | ||
| 01 May 1925 |
birth Scott Carpenter Born 1 May 1925; died 10 Oct 2013 at age 88. Malcolm Scott Carpenter was an American astronaut whose spaceflight was the second U.S. mission to orbit the Earth. His Mercury-Atlas 7 launched on 24 May 1962 from Cape Canaveral, circled the Earth three times, and splashed down 4-hr 56-min later. Of the original seven Mercury astronauts, he became the fourth to fly in space, and the sixth worldwide. During his orbits, because much was still unknown, he conducted experiments, some as basic as testing whether solid food could be eaten in space. It was his only space flight. After a motorcyle accident (1964) injured his left arm, he never flew in space again. Instead, he became one of the first humans to live under the ocean surface for an extended period of time (1965) as one of the aquanauts in the Navy's Sealab II, an experimental habitat off the California coast. Later in life, he wrote novels. |
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01 May 1925
Rhenium |
Rhenium (chemistry) Rhenium is discovered by Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke in Berlin, the last stable, non-radioactive naturally-occurring element to be found. |
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Scott Carpenter (died 2013), American astronaut. | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1950 | Marina Stepanova: Russian hurdler (world record 1986) | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry) | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) | |||
| 01 May 1950 | WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth. | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach | |||
| 01 May 1950 | Dann Florek, American actor and director | |||
| 01 May 1950 | John Diehl, American actor and producer | |||
| 01 May 1950 |
death Leland Ossian Howard Died 1 May 1950 at age 92 (born 11 Jun 1857). American entomologist noted for pioneering efforts in applied entomology and his experiments in the biological control of harmful insects. He is regarded as the founder of agricultural and medical entomology. He proposed that natural enemies rather than pesticides be used for controlling pests. Howard was head of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for over 30 years. He described 20 new species of mosquitoes, and 47 new groups of parasitic wasps. Howard revealed that houseflies carry and transmit many diseases. He was the first to suggest covering standing water with oil to control egg-laying by mosquitoes and kill larvae to reduce disease transmission. His work led to belief that great natural balances are mainly due to the action of the parasites. |
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| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1975 | Austin Croshere: NBA forward (Indiana Pacers) | |||
| 01 May 1975 | Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semifinals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead | |||
| 01 May 1975 | Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer | |||
| 01 May 1975 | Nina Hossain, English journalist | |||
| 01 May 1975 | Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) | |||
| 01 May 1975 | Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2000 | Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (b. 1961) | |||
| 01 May 2000 | A writer who claimed Neil Young went back on an agreement to have a biography written about him filed a $1.8 million civil fraud suit against Young in Los Angeles Superior Court. Young had blocked the book's publication. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2005 | Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914) | |||
| 01 May 2005 | Coldplay became the first British band to have a new entry in the US Top 10 singles chart since The Beatles. Coldplay's latest single 'Speed Of Sound' entered the chart at number eight, only the second time a UK band has achieved the feat. The Beatles managed it with 'Hey Jude' in 1968. | |||
| 01 May 2005 | Tony Christie made chart history by hanging on to the UK number one spot for the seventh week in a row with '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo.' The last single to spend that long at number one was 'Believe' by Cher from October to December 1998. | |||
| 01 May 2005 | Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Devils & Dust' the American singer songwriters sixth UK No.1. | |||
| 01 May 2005 | Matchbox 20 singer Rob Thomas went to No.1 on the US album chart with his first solo album 'Something To Be.' This marked the first time a male artist from a rock group had debuted at number one with his first solo album since the Billboard Top 200 was introduced 50 years ago. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2010 | Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918) | |||
| 01 May 2010 | Rob McConnell, Canadian trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1935) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2015 | Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (b. 1930) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | Pete Brown, American golfer (b. 1935) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | Stephen Milburn Anderson, American director and screenwriter (b. 1948) | |||
| 01 May 2015 | Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars gave The Gap Band a writing credit on their huge hit 'Uptown Funk', due to its similarities with their 1979 track 'Oops Up Side Your Head'. | |||
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