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May 1
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May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (122nd in
leap years). There are 244 days remaining.
Events
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305 -
Diocletian and
Maximian retire from the office of
Roman Emperors Roman Emperor.
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1045 -
Gregory VI appointed
Pope.
*
1328 -
Wars of Scottish Independence end:
Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton –
England recognises
Scotland as an independent nation.
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1707 - The
Act of Union 1707 Act of Union joins
England and Wales England, and
Scotland to form the
Kingdom of Great Britain.
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1753 - Publication of ''Species Plantarum'' by
Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus, and the formal start date of
plant taxonomy adopted by the
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
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1786 - Opening night of the
opera ''
Le Nozze di Figaro The Marriage of Figaro'' by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in
Vienna.
*
1790 - The
United States completes its first
census.
*
1834 - The
United Kingdom British colonies abolish slavery.
*
1851 - The
Great Exhibition is opened in
London by
Queen Victoria.
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1863 -
American Civil War: The
Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
*
1869 - The
Folies Bergères open in
Paris.
*
1884 - Proclamation of the demand for
Eight hour day eight-hour workday in the
United States
*
1886 - The start of the
general strike which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the
United States. These events are today commemorated as
May Day or
Labor Day in most industrialized countries.
*
1893 - The
World's Columbian Exposition opens in
Chicago, Illinois.
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1894 -
Coxey's Army, the first significant American
protest march, arrives in
Washington D.C..
*
1898 -
Spanish-American War: The
Battle of Manila Bay - The
United States Navy destroys the
Spain Spanish Pacific Ocean Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war.
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1900 - The
Scofield mine disaster kills 200 in
Scofield, Utah in the now fifth-worst
mining accident in
United States history.
*
1901 - The
Pan-American Exposition opens in
Buffalo, New York.
*
1930 - The planet
Pluto (planet) Pluto is officially named.
*
1931 - The
Empire State Building is dedicated in
New York City.
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1940 - The
1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.
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1941 -
Orson Welles's ''
Citizen Kane'' premieres in
New York City
* 1941 -
World War II:
Nazi Germany German forces launch a major attack on
Tobruk.
*
1948 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (
North Korea) is established, with
Kim Il Sung as president.
*
1950 -
Guam is organized as a
United States commonwealth.
*
1956 - The
polio vaccine developed by
Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
* 1960 -
Cold War:
U-2 Crisis –
Francis Gary Powers, in a
Lockheed U-2 U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the
Soviet Union, sparking off a diplomatic crisis.
*
1971 -
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is formed to take over U.S. passenger rail service.
*
1978 -
Japan's
Naomi Uemura, travelling by
dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the
North Pole alone.
* 1978 - The first
E-mail_spam e-mail spam of history was sent by a
Digital_Equipment_Corporation DEC marketing representative to every
ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
*
1982 - The
1982 World's Fair opens in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
*
2003 -
2003 invasion of Iraq War in Iraq:
United States Presidency U.S. President George W. Bush Mission Accomplished announces the end of major combat operations in
Iraq. He stands under the controversial "
Mission Accomplished" banner.
*
2004 -
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Estonia,
Hungary,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Malta,
Poland,
Slovakia, and
Slovenia join the
European Union.
Births
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1218 -
John I, Count of Hainaut (d.
1257)
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1218 -
Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d.
1291)
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1285 -
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d.
1326)
*
1582 -
Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d.
1643)
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1594 -
John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
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1672 -
Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d.
1719)
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1804 -
Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d.
1860)
*
1830 -
Mother Jones, American labor activist (d.
1930)
*
1831 -
Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.
1903)
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1852 -
Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d.
1903)
*
1852 -
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1934)
*
1881 -
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d.
1955)
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1887 -
Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d.
1983)
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1896 -
Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d.
1984)
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1901 -
Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d.
1985)
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1901 -
Antal Szerb, Hungarian author, literature historian
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1905 -
Henry Koster, German film director (d.
1988)
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1908 -
Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d.
1968)
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1909 -
Kate Smith, American singer (d.
1986)
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1913 -
Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d.
2005)
* 1913 -
Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d.
1980)
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1915 -
Archie Williams, American athlete (d.
1993)
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1916 -
Glenn Ford, Canadian actor
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1917 -
John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d.
1996)
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1918 -
Jack Paar, American television host (d.
2004)
* 1918 -
Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d.
1977)
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1919 -
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d.
2005)
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1923 -
Joseph Heller, American novelist (d.
1999)
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1924 -
Art Fleming, American game show host (d.
1995)
* 1924 -
Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d.
2004)
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1925 -
Chuck Bednarik, American football player
* 1925 -
Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
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1928 -
Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (d.
2002)
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1929 -
Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician
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1930 -
Richard Riordan, Mayor of Los Angeles, California
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1934 -
Joan Hackett, American actress (d.
1983)
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1935 -
Ann Robinson, American actress
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1939 -
Judy Collins, American folk singer
* 1939 -
Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d.
1988)
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1940 -
Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
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1941 -
Eric Burdon, British singer (
The Animals)
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1944 -
Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
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1945 -
Rita Coolidge, American singer
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1946 -
Joanna Lumley, British actress
* 1946 -
John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, writer, and actor
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1950 -
Dann Florek, American actor
*
1954 -
Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
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1960 -
Steve Cauthen, American jockey
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1962 -
Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
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1964 -
Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
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1967 -
Tim McGraw, American musician
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1968 -
Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
* 1968 -
D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (
Smashing Pumpkins)
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1973 -
Curtis Martin, American football player
* 1973 -
Oliver Neuville, German footballer
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1975 -
Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
*
1981 -
Aleksander Hleb, Belarusian footballer
*
1990 -
Caitlin Stasey, Australian Actress
Deaths
*
408 -
Arcadius, Roman emperor
*
1308 -
Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b.
1255)
*
1572 -
Pope Pius V (b.
1504)
*
1731 -
Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b.
1677)
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1738 -
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman
*
1772 -
Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b.
1719)
*
1813 -
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b.
1768)
*
1873 -
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b.
1813)
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1899 -
Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b.
1824)
*
1904 -
Antonin Dvorak AntonÃn Dvořák, Czech composer (b.
1841)
*
1937 -
Snitz Edwards, American actor (b.
1868)
*
1945 -
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide) (b.
1897)
*
1965 -
Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b.
1911)
*
1970 -
Yi Un Yi, Eun, Crown Prince Korea (b.
1897)
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1976 -
Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet (b.
1939)
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1978 -
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b.
1903)
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1982 -
William Primrose, Scottish violist (b.
1903)
*
1989 -
Douglass Watson, American actor (b.
1921)
*
1993 -
Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (suicide) (b.
1925)
*
1993 -
Ranasinghe Premadasa,
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b.
1924)
*
1994 -
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b.
1960)
*
1998 -
Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b.
1935)
*
2000 -
Steve Reeves, American actor (b.
1926)
*
2003 -
Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b.
1960)
Holidays and observances
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May Day,
Labour Day,
Loyalty Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers - see event section above.
*
Switzerland - official feast of Spring.
*
Czech Republic - "National Love Day" – couples tend to flock to the memorial of a poet in
Prague and kiss.
*
Lei Day -
Hawaiian holiday for the
Lei (Hawaii) Lei.
*
Beltane, Lá Bealtaine, the first day of
Summer in modern
Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by
Neopaganism Neopagans and
Wicca Wiccans.
*
Italy -
Labour Day
*
Roman Empire - all-female festival in honour of
Bona Dea
*Roman Empire - fourth and last day of the
Floralia in honour of
Chloris Flora
*
United States -
Law Day
*
Feast day of the following
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church:
**
Saint Joseph Saint Joseph the Worker (also known as
Saint Joseph's Day)
**
Philip the Apostle
**
James the Less
**
Jeremiah
**
Andeol
**
Brieuc
**
Sigismund of Burgundy
**
Theodulf
**
Augustin Schoeffer
*
Matsu (goddess) Festival of Matsu in
Taiwan and various locales along the southern coast of
China (
2005)
External links
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BBC: On This Day
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''The New York Times'': On This Day
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On this day in Canada
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April 30 -
May 2 -
April 1 -
June 1 –
historical anniversaries listing of all days
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