Sunday May 01, 2016: on this day

May 01, 2016 was a Sunday and it was the 122nd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar.

May 01, 2016 can also be written as 5/1/2016 in the US and as 1/5/2016 in UK and Europe.

May 01, 2016 in May 2016 calendar

Here's what happened on May 01, 2016:

• Turkey-isil conflict and spillover of syria civil war: 2016 gaziantep bombing: one officer was killed and thirteen others were injured when a bomb exploded at a gaziantep police station. attacks are being suspected by the islamic state of iraq and the levant (bbc)
• 2016 gaziantep bombing. a blast ripped through a gaziantep police station in southern turkey, leaving one person dead and thirteen others injured. (bbc) (cnn). the attack is believed to have been carried out by the islamic state of iraq and the levant.
• One officer was killed and thirteen others were injured when a blast ripped through a gaziantep, a southern turkish police station.
• Attacks are being suspected by the islamic state of iraq and the levant
• Kurdish-turkish conflict: three turkish soldiers were killed and fourteen others were wounded by kurdish militants in an armed attack during a military operation that took place in nusaybin, turkey.
• Three turkish soldiers were killed and fourteen others injured in an attack by kurdish militants on a military operation that took place in nusaybin in turkey.
• Yemeni civil war: houthi rebels seize umaliqa military station in 'amran governorate. this puts at risk a fragile ceasefire.
• Iraqi civil war: two car bombs in samawa, iraq kill 32 and wound 75 others. the attack was claimed by the islamic state of iraq and the levant.
• In samawa, iraq, two car bombs killed at least 32 and injured 75 others. the attack was claimed by the islamic state of iraq and the levant.
• Conflict in moro: abu sayyaf militants free 10 indonesians they kidnapped from their tugboat or barge on march 28,
• Halliburton co. announced the cancellation of their $28billion merger with baker hughes inc.. this was in response to opposition from european and u.s antitrust regulators. if the deal is canceled, halliburton will have to pay baker hughes $3.5 billion termination fees. (bloomberg) (reuters),
• In a four-alarm fire, the historic serbian orthodox cathedral st. sava in new york city was almost entirely destroyed.
• Kenya flooding: kenyan authorities have reported that the death toll following friday's earthquake in nairobi, which resulted in an eight-story building falling to its final floor, has now reached 20, with 73 people still missing. rescuers continue searching for survivors. although the building was declared unfit for human habitation, it remained standing. the original report stated that the building had six stories. however, flooding had submerged the ground and first floors.
• Kenyan authorities claim that 20 people have died in the collapse of friday's eight-story nairobi residential building. 73 others are still missing. rescuers continue searching for survivors. although the building was declared unfit for human habitation, it remained standing. the original report stated that the building had six stories. however, flooding had submerged the ground and first floors.
• People who ate sweets that were accidentally contaminated with insecticide have seen their death toll rise from 13 to 33 in punjab, pakistan. april was the month of mass poisoning.
• Libyan civil war: a tanker carrying oil from eastern libya was sent by a rival to internationally recognized government of national accord. it returned with its cargo to the zawiya refinery in western libya. on wednesday, the united nations placed the shipment under blacklist.
• A rival to the internationally recognized government of national accord sent an oil tanker from eastern libya. it returned with its cargo to the zawiya refinery in western libya. on wednesday, the united nations placed the shipment under blacklist.
• Cuba-united states relations and united states-cuban thaw: at 4:24 p.m. eastern time edt, the first cruise ship bound for havana since more than 50 years departs miami, florida. carnival cruise line's 704-passenger adonia, a carnival cruise line vessel, was able to sail to the northern caribbean country. this happened after cuba on april 22nd had relaxed its ban on cuban-born persons traveling to cuba by sea.
• Two missionaries from the united states were found murdered in different areas of rural st. mary parish, jamaica. both harold nichols and randy hentzel worked for teams for medical missions, a christian charity based in pennsylvania.
• Philippine general election 2016, 2016 cpp/npa/ndf rebellion: jose maria sison is the leader of the guerrilla communist party of the philippines. he says rodrigo duterte's presidency is "good for national unity."
• May day protests are planned across the united states to support immigrant rights and worker rights as well as civility in presidential campaign rhetoric. california authorities and organizers urge participants to be calm in light of the violence that has been a part of the presidential campaign protests.
• 2015-16 iraqi protests. protesters for political reform left baghdad's green zone, after spending 24 hours camping in the heavily fortified district. these activists are followers of shi'ite muslim cleric muqtada al-sadr and support prime minister haider al-abadi's anti-corruption plans to replace party-affiliated ministers by technocrats. these changes have been blocked from the attention of the gridlocked parliament.
• After spending 24 hours camping in heavily fortified areas, protesters demanded political reform. these activists are followers of shi'ite muslim clerg muqtada al-sadr and support prime minister haider al-abadi's anti-corruption plans to replace party-affiliated ministries with technocrats. these changes have been blocked from the attention of the gridlocked parliament.
• Puerto rican government-debt crisis. alejandro garcia padilla, governor of puerto rico, has declared that the commonwealth will default on a $422million bond payment due monday. garcia padilla states that debt payments have been stopped to help pay for essential services for the 3.5million americans. congress has failed to pass puerto rico's debt restructuring bill.
• Freedom of press: egyptian police raided the headquarters of the journalists' organization in cairo and arrested two journalists working for the opposition website bawabet yanayer. they also arrested editor amr badr, as well as mahmud el akka, who were accused of inciting protests in violation of law.
• Egyptian police raided the cairo headquarters of the journalists' association and arrested two journalists from the opposition website bawabet yanayer, mahmud el akka and editor amr badr, for inciting to protest in violation the law.
• 2015-16 a-league - adelaide united beat western sydney wanderers 3-1 at the grand final at adelaide oval to win their first a-league title.
• Adelaide united beat western sydney wanderers 3-1 to win their first a-league title.

May 01, 2016: What were the stock market quotes and exchange rates that day?

Exchange Rates on May 01, 2016:

• 1 USD = 0.8728 EUR
• 1 USD = 106.68 JPY
• 1 USD = 0.6853 GBP
• 1 USD = 1.3142 AUD
• 1 USD = 1.2552 CAD

May 01, 2016: What were the main match results that day?

Serie A - Italian Football

• Empoli - Bologna : 0 - 0
• Juventus - Carpi : 2 - 0
• Lazio - Inter : 2 - 0
• Milan - Frosinone : 3 - 3
• Palermo - Sampdoria : 2 - 0

La Liga Primera Division - Football (Spain)

• Ath Bilbao - Celta : 2 - 1
• Espanol - Sevilla : 1 - 0
• La Coruna - Getafe : 0 - 2
• Valencia - Villarreal : 0 - 2

La Liga Segunda Division - Football (Spain)

• Elche - Albacete : 1 - 1
• Gimnastic - Mirandes : 3 - 2
• Girona - Tenerife : 1 - 0
• Oviedo - Cordoba : 1 - 0
• Ponferradina - Zaragoza : 1 - 1

Division 2 - Football (France)

• Dijon - Metz : 0 - 4

The Zodiac and Astrological sign for May 1st is Taurus.

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May 01, 2016: What is the Chinese Zodiac Sign for that day?

The Chinese Zodiac sign for May 01, 2016 is Monkey and the associated element is Fire.

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Moon phase

The moon phase on May 01, 2016 was Last Quarter.

The moon phase refers to the appearance of the Moon in the night sky on May 01, 2016 and is determined by the portion of the Moon's illuminated surface that is visible from Earth.

An observer located in New York City on May 01, 2016 at 10pm, would see the moon, being 22% full, rising at 02:44 am and setting at 03:04 pm.

The previous full moon was on Apr 22, 2016 while the next full moon would come on May 21, 2016.

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Your place in the Universe on May 01, 2016

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Whose famous birthday is on May 1st?

Famous individuals and celebrities born on May 1st:

• Ajith Kumar

  Ajith kumar is an indian film actor known for his work in tamil cinema.

• Anushka Sharma

  Anushka sharma is an indian actress and producer known for her work in hindi films, and she is one of the most popular and highest-paid...

• Tim McGraw

  Tim mcgraw is an american country music singer and actor known for his hit songs and successful acting career.

• Jamie Dornan

  Jamie dornan is a northern irish actor known for his role as christian grey in the fifty shades film series.

• Joanna Lumley

  British actress, born in kashmir.

• Danielle Darrieux

  French actress and actress.

• Catherine Frot

  French film and theatre actress, the daughter of an engineer.

• Julie Benz

  Julie benz is an american actress known for her roles in popular tv shows such as 'dexter' and 'buffy the vampire slayer'.

• Rita Coolidge

  Rita coolidge is a grammy award-winning american singer known for her hits in the 1970s, including 'we're all alone' and 'higher and...

• Glenn Ford

  Canadian-american actor.

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You are 7 years 11 months old,

or 95 months and 23 days old,

or 416 weeks and 3 days old,

or 2915 days old,

How many days until your next birthday if you were born on May 01, 2016?

There are 7 days until your next birthday, which will occur on Wednesday May 1st 2024.

What generation do you belong to if you were born on May 01, 2016?

You belong to the Gen Alpha generation if you were born on May 01, 2016.

Famous people died on May 01, 2016:

• Madeleine Lebeau

  Madeleine Lebeau was a French actress best known for her role as Yvonne in the classic film 'Casablanca'.

• Solmon W. Golomb

  Known for his work in combinatorial mathematics and coding theory.

• Merv Lincoln
• Nella Gambini
• Ichiro Hasegawa

What famous deaths happened on May 1st?

Famous deaths on May 1st:

• Steve Reeves

  American physical culturist.

• Marion Mack

  Actress (general).

• Glenda Farrell

  Glenda Farrell was an American actress who appeared in over 30 films during the 1930s and 1940s.

• Olympia Dukakis

  American screen and stage actress dukakis worked for 40 years before she achieved "overnight success" in 1987, when she was awarded an...

• Hylda Baker

  English comedian, actress and music hall performer (d. 1986).

• Ayrton Senna

  Brazilian formula one race car driver, and three-time world champion.

• Antonin Dvořák

  Antonín Dvořák was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition.

• Daved Goldberg

  Daved Goldberg was an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of the online survey platform SurveyMonkey.

• Meshulem Frank

  Renowned Jewish painter known for his expressive works.

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Holidays on May 01, 2016:

• 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.
• 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.
• May crowning - Unofficial ritual ceremony usually happening in the Roman Catholic Church.
• Lei Day - Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.
• May Day, Labour Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
• Italy - national holiday (Giorno dei Lavoratori).

Saints celebrated on May 01, 2016:

• Saint James the Less.
• Saint Sigismund of Burgundy.
• Saint Florine
• Saint Augustin Schoeffer
• Saint Theodulf.
• Saint Andeol.
• Saint Joseph the Worker (also known as Saint Joseph's Day).
• Saint Jeremiah.
• Saint Philip the Apostle.
• Saint Brieuc.

May 01, 2016: What was the number 1 song in the USA on that day?

The number 1 song in the USA on May 01, 2016 was Work by Rihanna Featuring Drake, according to the music chart for the week April 25th and May 1st.

May 01, 2016: What was the music chart in the USA on that day?

The music chart in the USA on May 01, 2016 is the list of the most popular songs across all genres for the week April 25th and May 1st. It included the following Top 5 songs:

1. Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
2. Desiigner - Panda
3. Lukas Graham - 7 Years
4. Meghan Trainor - No
5. Zayn - Pillowtalk

May 01, 2016: What was the number 1 R&B song on that day?

The number 1 R&B song on May 01, 2016 was Work by Rihanna Featuring Drake, according to the R&B music chart for the week April 25th and May 1st.

May 01, 2016: What was the R&B music chart on that day?

The R&B music chart on May 01, 2016 is the list of the most popular R&B songs for the week April 25th and May 1st. It included the following Top 5 R&B songs:

1. Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
2. Desiigner - Panda
3. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I
4. Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
5. Kevin Gates - 2 Phones

May 01, 2016: What was the number 1 Latin song on that day?

The number 1 Latin song on May 01, 2016 was Hasta El Amanecer by Nicky Jam, according to the Latin music chart for the week April 25th and May 1st.

May 01, 2016: What was the Latin music chart on that day?

The Latin music chart on May 01, 2016 is the list of the most popular Latin songs for the week April 25th and May 1st. It included the following Top 5 Latin songs:

1. Nicky Jam - Hasta El Amanecer
2. J Balvin - Ginza
3. Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga - Solo Con Verte
4. Farruko - Obsesionado
5. Yandel - Encantadora