May 1

From Wikinfo

(Redirected from 1 May)

Jump to: navigation, search

May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). There are 244 days remaining.

Events

305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor
1328 - Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence
1699 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley
1707 - The Act of Union joins England, Wales, and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain
1714 - George I of the House of Hanover is chosen to succeed to the throne of Kingdom of Great Britain upon the death of Queen Anne
1776 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Germany
1786 - Premier night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna
1790 - The United States completes its first census
1834 - Slavery is abolished in British territories
1851 - The Great Exhibition opens in London
1863 - American Civil War: - The Battle of Chancellorsville begins
1869 - The Folies-Bergere opens in Paris
1873 - The 1873 Vienna World's Fair opens in Vienna
1876 - Colorado is admitted to statehood
1884 - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States
1886 - The start of the general strike which eventually won the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labour Day in most industrialized countries.
1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody put on his first Wild West Show
1893 - The World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago, Illinois
1894 - Japan declares war on China over the fate of Korea
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 Spanish Pacific fleet
1901 - The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York
1931 - The Empire State Building is opened in New York City
1940 - The 1940 Summer Olympics are canceled
1941 - Orson Welles's Citizen Kane premieres in New York City
1941 - World War II: Germany attacks 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 - Benin gains independence as Dahomey
1960 - Francis Gary Powers, in a U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union
1967 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
1978 - Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone
1982 - The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee
1983 - Edwin El Chapo Rosario wins boxing's vacant WBC world Lightweight title by beating Jose Luis Ramirez in San Juan, by points in 12 rounds, becoming Puerto Rico's 14th world boxing champion. A young Julio Cesar Chavez also wins as part of the undercard.
1991 - Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls his seventh no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
1991 - Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the all-time record for stolen bases by stealing his 939th
1992 - Rickey Henderson steals his 1000th base
2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will join the European Union.

Births

1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (+ 1291)
1769 - Likeliest birthdate for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister (+ 1852)
1830 - Mother Jones, labor activist (+ 1930)
1852 - Calamity Jane, riflewoman, Wild West star (+ 1903)
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, palaeontologist and philosopher (+ 1955)
1887 - Alan Gordon Cunningham, British general
1905 - Henry Koster, film director (+ 1988)
1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, writer (+ 1968)
1909 - Kate Smith, singer (+ 1986)
1916 - Glenn Ford, actor
1918 - Jack Paar, television host
1923 - Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman
1923 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (+ 1999)
1924 - Art Fleming, game show host (+ 1995)
1929 - Ralf Dahrendorf, sociologist and politician
1932 - Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League (+ 1990)
1936 - Yves St. Laurent, fashion designer
1939 - Judy Collins, singer
1940 - Elsa Peretti, jewelry designer
1944 - Rita Coolidge, singer
1946 - John Woo, director, producer, writer, actor
1960 - Steve Cauthen, jockey
1967 - Tim McGraw, country musician
1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, soccer player, National Team Of Germany
1973 - Oliver Neuville, soccer player, National Team Of Germany
1975 - Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)

Deaths

1308 - Albert I of Habsburg, duke of Austria, murdered
1714 - Queen Anne of Great Britain
1904 - Anton�n Dvor�k, composer, musician
1945 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi leader
1965 - Spike Jones, band leader, musician, comedian
1978 - Aram Khachaturian, composer
1994 - Ayrton Senna, triple Formula One champion

Holidays and observances

Beltane was celebrated by the Celts, and is now celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans.
Day of the International Solidarity of Workers (particularly in Communist countries).
May Day, Labour Day, Loyalty Day - see event section above.
Lei Day - Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.
Roman Empire - all-female festival in honor of Bona Dea
Roman Empire - fourth and last day of the Floralia in honor of Flora