May 1

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 1. From 1900 until now. May 1 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Jamie Dornan (1982), Ajith Kumar (1971) and Zaz (singer) (1980). Several movies were released around May 1 over the years, such as Gladiator in 2000 directed by Ridley Scott and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015 directed by George Miller.
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Holidays

Saint James the Less.
Saint Sigismund of Burgundy.
Saint Florine
Saint Augustin Schoeffer
Saint Theodulf.
Saint Andeol.
Czech Republic - "National Love Day" ? couples tend to flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek M�cha in Prague and kiss.
Festival of Matsu in Taiwan and various locales along the southern coast of China (2005).
Malta - L-Ewwel ta Mejju, Malta, Jum il-haddiem (Worker's Day).
United States - Law Day, U.S.A., Loyalty Day.
Roman Empire - fourth and last day of the Floralia in honour of Flora.
Roman Empire - all-female festival in honour of Bona Dea.
Saint Joseph the Worker (also known as Saint Joseph's Day).
Maharashtra Divas (Maharashtra Day) in the state of Maharastra, India. On May 1, 1960, Maharashtra came into existence when Bombay State was split into the new linguistic states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Beltane, L� Bealtaine, the first day of Summer in modern Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans.
May crowning - Unofficial ritual ceremony usually happening in the Roman Catholic Church.
Lei Day - Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.
Saint Jeremiah.
May Day, Labour Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
Italy - national holiday (Giorno dei Lavoratori).
Switzerland - official feast of Spring.
Saint Philip the Apostle.
Saint Brieuc.
Saint Evermaar of Rutten (died 700)
Northern Europe - Walpurgis Night.
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Events

2019 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Sixteen soldiers, including a driver, are killed in a landmine explosion in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Maoist insurgents are currently active in the area, leading officials to believe them to be responsible. (CNN)
2018 Human rights violations during the Syrian Civil War: ISIL releases an execution video showing a prisoner being killed by explosives in Yarmouk Camp, Damascus. (Metro)
2017 Workers' Party of Belgium representative Raoul Hedebouw gets stabbed in the thigh, moments before holding a speech in Liège, Belgium. The presumed assailant is arrested. (Sudinfo)
2016 Turkey–ISIL conflict, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: 2016 Gaziantep bombing: A blast hits a police station in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep leaving one officer dead and 13 injured. (BBC) (CNN)Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is suspected to be behind attack. (Reuters)
2015 Mexican Drug War: Three Mexican Army soldiers die as gunfire downs a helicopter in the state of Jalisco. Ten soldiers and two Federal Police officers are injured. (AP via ABC News America)A PRI/PVEM mayoral candidate in the city of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, is assassinated. (AP via Washington Post)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:: Pro-Russian militants seize the regional prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. (BBC)Ukraine announces that it is reintroducing conscription. (Daily Mail)
2013 South Thailand insurgency:: Insurgents kill six people, including a two-year-old boy, in a deadly shooting in Pattani, Thailand. (ABC News)
2012 Syrian uprising: The United Nations says both government and opposition forces have violated the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Pope John Paul II is beatified.
2010 Part of New York City's Times Square is evacuated and sealed off as a car bomb is discovered and deactivated before it could be detonated. (ABC News) (BBC) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (Sydney Morning Herald)
2009 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
2008 A US navy ship off the coast of Somalia makes a missile attack on the home of Aden Hashi Ayro in Dusamareb, killing him and at least ten other people. Ayro was military leader of al-Shabab, in control of most of Somalia.
2007 the Los Angeles May Day melee occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.
2006 The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marchers protest for immigration rights.
2005 Lenovo Group, the largest Chinese computer company acquires the personal computer business of IBM for US$ 1.25 billion in cash, and Lenovo assumes $500 million of IBM's debt. (Reuters)
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.
2003 2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the ''Mission Accomplished'' speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that ''major combat operations in Iraq have ended''.
2001 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of ''a state of rebellion'', hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
2000 A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or man-made material.ref name=compref name=UCSD-press-release{{cite web|author=McDonald, Kim|title= UCSD Physicists Develop a New Class of Composite Material with 'Reverse' Physical Properties Never Before Seen
1999 Three spectators were killed and eight others were injured at Lowe's Motor Speedway during an IRL race when a tire went into the grandstand.
1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of the UK
1996 Ideal Husband opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
1995 On the Waterfront opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
1994 My Fair Lady closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances
1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)
1992 LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King
1991 Will Rogers Follies opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
1990 Prelude to a Kiss opens at Helen Hayes Theater, New York City
1989 The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World opens to the public. It covers 135 acres. Total construction costs were over US$500 million. Advertising and promotions for the opening cost US$30 million. Entrance prices are US$29 for adults, and US$23 for children aged 3-9.
1988 Romance / Romance opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph.
1985 US President Ronald Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua.
1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
1983 My One & Only opens at St. James Theater NYC for 767 performances
1982 Nordiques 4 - Isles 5 (OT) - Semifinals - Isles hold 3-0 lead
1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
1980 Day in Hollywood, A Night... opens at John Golden NYC for 588 performances
1979 Marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing.
1978 1st black Mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
1977 Empress Lilly dedicated
1976 Jos Hermens on the Netherlands sets record for 20,000 metre, 57:24.2.
1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semifinals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1973 San Francisco Giants score seven runs with two outs in 9th inning to beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7.
1972 Different Times opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation
1970 Protests erupt in Seattle, Washington, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country.
1969 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City
1968 Ben Franklin in Paris closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 performances
1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes President of the Netherlands Bank
1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia.
1965 USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands.
1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1960 Russia shoots down American pilot Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk.
1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon / conquer Morotai
1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
1956 The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament.
1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC / SFN) begins broadcasting
1952 Mr Potato Head, introduced
1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (second satellite of Neptune).
1948 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam
1947 Radar for commercial and private planes first demonstrated.
1946 Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of the Year".
1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII
1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark)
1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence
1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star".
1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios cereal.
1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled.
1939 Batman comics hit street
1937 FDR signs act of neutrality
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades.
1935 Boulder Dam is completed.
1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
1933 The Roca-Runciman Treaty between Argentina and Great Britain is signed by Julio Argentino Roca, Jr., and Sir Walter Runciman.
1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City
1930 Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
1929 Farm workers' strike begins in East-Groningen.
1928 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
1926 Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings
1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony.
1923 Rahula College is established in Ceylon with the name of quotParakramabhahu Vidyalayaquot.
1922 Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game.
1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda.
1920 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens.
1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages.
1918 German troops enter Don province they take Rostov May 6.
1915 British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool.
1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th Steet New York City, New York.
1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens.
1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium.
1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies).
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Famous Birthday

Jamie Dornan: TV Actor.
Ajith Kumar: Indian film actor.
Zaz (singer)
Joanna Lumley: British actress born in Kashmir.
Yasmina Reza: French actress and playwright.
Danielle Darrieux: French actress, on-screen since 1930,...
Catherine Frot: French theatre and film actress,...
Wes Anderson: Director.
Tim McGraw: American musician.
Anushka Sharma: Indian actress and model.
Julie Pietri
Alain Bernard: French swimmer and Olympic champion, the...
Julie Benz: American actress.
Judy Collins: American folksinger, acclaimed for over...
Glenn Ford: Canadian-American actor, with starring...
Françoise Laborde: French journalist and TV host on France...
Marc-Vivien Foé: Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003).
Hélène Fillières
Rebecca Hampton
Amira Casar
Tawnni Cable
Rita Coolidge: Musician.
Rita Coolidge
David Cochrane: American astrologer and computer...
Richard Baquié: French sculptor.
Violante Placido: Actress.
Stockholm (Sweden)
Bahia (Brazil)
Gabriele Amorth: Italian ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic...
Lylah (singer)
Caitlin Stasey: TV Actress.
Tommy Robredo: Spanish tennis player.
Dann Florek: American actor.
André Weber: Colmar Actor.
Cecilia Peck: American actress and noted family, the...
Empire State Building
Max-Pol Fouchet: French poet, writer, art critic and...
Kelly Bensimon: American model television personality...
Royston Langdon
Mathieu Simonet
Aimé Barelli: French conductor, composer, singer and...
Brigitte Barèges
Sarah Chatto: British royalty, daughter of Princess...
Pauli Rantasalmi
Billy Owens: NBA forward / guard (Sacramento Kings).
Alain Néri
Elana Eden
Danièle Huillet: French filmmaker, who formed a creative...
Jacqueline Saint-Jean
Jack Paar: American comedian author and talk show...
Scott Carpenter: American astronaut-aquanaut; the second...
Wendy Allnutt
D'arcy Wretzky: American musician (The Smashing...
Robert Reid (businessman)
Claude Quin: French politician and economist.
Gérard Lindeperg
Alban Moga: French rugby player, selected 22 times...
Anne Fletcher
Cyd Hayman
Joseph Allen Hynek
Austin Croshere: American basketball player: forward,...
Mike Watson
Steve Cauthen: American jockey from 1976 who recorded...
Fran Vázquez
Terry Southern: American screenwriter (Born 1924).
Terry Southern: American screenwriter (Born 1924).
Stuart Appleby: Australian-American golfer, a member of...
Robert Varnajo: French road bicycle racer, who won a...
Pasquale Gravina: Italian member of the Men's Volleyball...
Jerry Heard: American golfer.
Barbara Lynne Devlin
Akira Yoshimura
Owen Paul
Eddie Johnson: NBA guard / forward (Houston Rockets,...
Laura Betti: Italian actress known particularly for...
Peter Van den Abeele
Robert Prete: American actor, psychic and ordained...
Dominique Fourcade
Shahar Peer
Bourlem Guerdjou
Jos Ghysen: Belgian writer, radio journalist.
Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor
Mamadou Samassa
Hanns-Martin Schleyer: German industrialist, a terrorism...
Marilyn Milian: current judge on The People's Court.
Shirley Horn: American jazz singer and pianist (d....
Aliaksandr Hleb
Julian Goodman: American broadcasting executive and...
Ignazio Silone: Italian Author (Fontamara, Pane e vino),...
Kate Smith: American singer ("God Bless America"),...
Claudine Dupuis
Michel Camdessus: French applied economist and...
Roland L Verhavert
Tad Mosel: American playwright, winner of the...
Olivier O Olivier
Maurice Noble
Henry Koster: German-American director producer and...
Serge Silberman
Antony Worrall Thompson: English celebrity chef.
James Copeland
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Famous Deaths

Ayrton Senna: Brazilian Formula One race car driver...
Steve Reeves: American physical culturist, a 6' 1",...
Gene Sheldon: Actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72.
Carroll Righter: American professional astrologer and...
Marion Mack: Actress (General).
Glenda Farrell: Enid, Oklahoma -- Actress (Golddiggers...
Tom Tyler: Actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies...
Grant Mitchell: Actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo,...
Leo Spies: Composer, dies at 65.
Edith Day: Actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75.
Clarence A Bacote: Historian / political scientist, dies at...
Peter Huchel: Writer, dies at 78.
Douglass Watson: actor (Mac Cory - Another World), dies...
Sunset Carson: Cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon...
Ranasinghe Premadasa: President (Sri Lanka, 1989-93),...
Asher Wallfish: Journalist, dies at 67.
Bebe: AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40.
Miss Elizabeth: American wrestler (Born 1960).
John Glover English chemist (production sulfuric acid): dies at age 85.
Luigi Arditi violist/composer: dies at age 80.
Louis Campbell-Tipton composer: dies at age 43.
Nicolaus Adriani: translator (Middle-Celebes Language),...
John R Locksmith de Brown: vicar/CHU-politician, dies at age 71.
Desider Antalffy-Zsiross: Hungarian organist/composer, dies at age...
Paul Josef Goebbels: German minister on propoganda, commits...
Christos Ladas: Greek minister of Justice, is murdered.
William Fox [Fried]: American film pioneer (Nickelodeon),...
Oscar Torp: Norwegian premier, dies.
Harold G Nicolson: English author (English sense of humor),...
Fernand Ansseau: Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at age...
Aram Katchaturian: Russian composer (The Earth), dies at...
David Webster: South African white anti-apartheids...
Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman: provo (Full-time Provo), dies at age 50.
Ivo Rudolph Jarosy: film scholar/exhibitor, dies at age 74.
William Mitchell Byers: musician, dies on 79th birthday.
Henri Pelissier: French cyclist (Born 1889).
John Barclay Armstrong: Texas Ranger and U.S.
Johan Oscar Smith: Norweigian Christian leader and founder...
Lope K Santos: Filipino writer, father of the Filipino...
Crown Prince Euimin: Crown Prince of Korea (Born 1897).
TRM Howard: civil rights leader, entrepreneur,...
Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright: Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane)...
Pierre Beregovoy: French Prime Minister (Born 1925).
Sharon Redd: American house music and urban...
Luana Patten: American actress (Born 1938).
Rob Lacey: Christian author (Born 1962).
Big Hawk: American rapper (Born 1969).
Johnny Paris: American saxophonist (Johnny and the...
Deborah Jeane Palfrey: Washington, D.C.
Danny Gans: American entertainer (Born 1956).
Rob McConnell: Canadian jazz composer/arranger and...
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager: last surviving member of the 20 July...
Princess Margaret: of Connaught (Born 1882).
Antonin Dvorak: Czech composer; a teacher and violinist.
Paolo Stoppa: Italian film and stage actor.
Helen Wagner: American actress best known for her...
Snitz Edwards: Actor (Phantom of the Opera, College),...
Anthony Mamo: Maltese lawyer and politician 1st...
Richard Thorpe: American director and screenwriter (d....
Asger Jorn: Danish painter and sculptor (d. 1973).
Ella Logan: Actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man),...
Sergio Franchi: Italian-American singer and actor (d....
Gordon Jenkins: Webster Grove, Missouri -- Orchestra...
Aram Khachaturian: Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor...
Jack Adams: Canadian ice hockey player, coach and...
Alexandros Panagoulis: Greek poet who fought the military junta...
Jose E Rodo: Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo).
Harold Nicolson: British diplomat, author and politician...
Hugo Peretti: American songwriter and record producer...
Spike Jones: Long Beach, California -- Composer (In a...
Ted Lowe: English snooker commentator (Born 1920).
August Cuppens: Flemish Author (Limburgs Driemanschap),...
Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko: Composer, dies at 35.
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow: Composer, dies at 71.
Percy William Whitlock: Composer, dies at 42.
Sanner: Leader of Norger blood bath, executed.
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