Today in History for 1st May 2014

Historical Events

1886 - US general strike for 8-hour working day begins

1944 - Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails

1945 - Soviet army reach Rostock

1954 - WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting

1984 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1989 - Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days

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Famous Birthdays

1907 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)

1949 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)

1953 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer

1954 - Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)

1966 - Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)

1969 - Carrie Stevens, Buffalo NY, playmate (June 1997)

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Famous Deaths

1447 - Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies

1904 - Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)

1945 - Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propoganda, commits suicide

1969 - George Parker, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1924), dies

1972 - Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82

1993 - Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50

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