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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1924 | Earl George: Composer | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Enrico Josif: Composer | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Patricia Roberts Harris: 1st US black woman cabinet member | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Terry Southern: Writer | |||
| 01 May 1924 | August Cuppens: Flemish Author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62 | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Terry Southern, American author and screenwriter (d. 1995) | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004) | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Big Maybelle, American singer and pianist (d. 1972) | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic | |||
| 01 May 1924 | Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (d. 1995) | |||
| 01 May 1924 | WW2 | Georg von Bismarck was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann. | ||
| 01 May 1924 | WW2 | Hiroaki Abe was transferred out of cruiser Tama. | ||
| 01 May 1924 |
Iodized salt In 1924, the first iodized table salt in the U.S. went on sale at grocers in Michigan state. The table salt contained 0.01% sodium iodide as a dietary supplement, since an adequate intake of iodine reduces the incidence of goitre (major swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck.) Diamond Crystal Salt, and four other Michigan table salt companies agreed to add the trace of iodine compound to their product at the urging of the Michigan State Medical Society, initiated and led by David Murray Cowie. At first reluctant, later in the year, Morton Salt Company supplied the national market. The significant value of iodine for this purpose had been determined by David Marine, as a result of a trial (1917-22) on a large group of schoolgirls. |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1949 | Douglas Barr: Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- Actor (Howie-Fall Guy) | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Margo Miller: San Francisco, California -- Fencer-epee (1996 Olympics) | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Joanna Hewitt, Australian public servant | |||
| 01 May 1949 | Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive) (d. 2010) | |||
| 01 May 1949 |
Neptune moon In 1949, Gerard Kuiper discovered Nereid, the second satellite of Neptune, the outermost and the third largest of Neptune's known satellites. (Orbit: ave 5,513,400 km, diameter: 340 km). Nereid's orbit is the most highly eccentric of any planet or satellite in the solar system; its distance from Neptune varies from 1,353,600 to 9,623,700 kilometers. Nereid's odd orbit indicates that it may be a captured asteroid or Kuiper Belt object. The name, Nereid refers to the sea nymphs who dwell in the Mediterranean sea, the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris. Kuiper, a Dutch-American astronomer (1905-1973) also studied the surface of the Moon; discovered Miranda, a moon of Uranus; and found an atmosphere on Titan, a moon of Saturn. |
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| 01 May 1949 |
death Frederic Stanley Kipping Died 1 May 1949 at age 85 (born 16 Aug 1863). British chemist who pioneered in the chemistry of silicones, organic derivatives of silicon. |
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| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1974 | Keri Phebus: Laguna Beach, California -- Tennis star | |||
| 01 May 1974 | Matthew Hatchette: NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
| 01 May 1974 | Vladimir Zavyalov: Hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics - 1998) | |||
| 01 May 1974 | The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón. | |||
| 01 May 1974 | Lornah Kiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner | |||
| 01 May 1974 | Kellie Crawford, Australian singer and actress (Hi-5 and Teen Queens) | |||
| 01 May 1974 | The Carpenters performed at the White House, at the request of President Nixon. | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 1999 | The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. | |||
| 01 May 1999 | Jos LeDuc, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1944) | |||
| 01 May 1999 | The Paintings of Paul McCartney exhibit opened at the Lyz Art Forum, Siegen, Germany. The exhibit featured 70 paintings by the former Beatle, including a piece called 'Bowie Spewing' McCartney's representation of a young David Bowie. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. | |||
| 01 May 2004 | Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (b. 1924) | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2009 | Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. | |||
| 01 May 2009 | Danny Gans, American singer and comedian (b. 1956) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 May 2014 | Kōji Yada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1933) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Spike Maynard, American lawyer and judge (b. 1942) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (b. 1936) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (Los Van Van) (b. 1942) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927) | |||
| 01 May 2014 | Justin Bieber's personal assistant was ordered to do community service after police found ecstasy in his room. Xavier Domonique Smith, who is also known as Lil Za, was also sentenced to probation and ordered into a drug treatment programme. He was fined $1,000 (£592). | |||
01 May 2014
Radhia Cousot |
death Radhia Cousot Radhia Cousot, 67, French computer scientist, co-inventor of abstract interpretation |
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