Tukuk-OS📅 May 1
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 1? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
- 2010 — Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, New York City, but it failed to explode.
Faisal Shahzad2010 Times Square car bombing attemptTimes Square
- 2002 — The Horncastle boar's head (pictured), which probably once formed part of the crest of an Anglo-Saxon helmet, was found.
- 1991 — In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.
- 1974 — Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.
Juan PerónExpulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de MayoMontoneros
- 1950 — Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- 1947 — Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.
- 1945 — Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.
- 1941 — Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.
- 1931 — New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.
Empire State BuildingHistory of the world's tallest structures
- 1900 — A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.
- 1897 — The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda to serve as the humanitarian counterpart to the Hindu monastic order Ramakrishna Math.
- 1885 — The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.
- 1884 — Moses Fleetwood Walker (pictured), the last African American in Major League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the Toledo Blue Stockings.
Moses Fleetwood WalkerAfrican AmericansMajor League Baseball
- 1794 — War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou.
- 1786 — The Marriage of Figaro (audio featured), an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
- 1707 — Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.
Acts of Union 1707Kingdom of Great BritainParliament of Great Britain
- 1699 — Francis Nicholson and James Blair organize five May Day orations given by students of the College of William & Mary, leading to the establishment of Williamsburg as Virginia's new capital.
Francis NicholsonJames Blair (clergyman)1699 May Day orations
- 1625 — Dutch–Portuguese War: Portuguese and Spanish forces recaptured the Brazilian city of Bahia, which had previously been captured by the Dutch Republic.
- 1576 — Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon were crowned as the elected rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1169 — Norman mercenaries landed at Bannow Bay in Leinster, beginning the Norman invasion of Ireland.
- 880 — The Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople, on which many later cross-in-square Eastern Orthodox churches were based, was consecrated.
- 305 — Diocletian and Maximian retired as co-rulers of the Roman Empire, being succeeded by Galerius and Constantius Chlorus.
Births
- 2006 — Lewis Miley, English footballer
- 2005 — Linda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
- 2004 — Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer
- 2003 — Lizzy Greene, American actress
- 2002 — Camilla Araujo, American influencer
- 2002 — Chet Holmgren, American basketball player
- 2000 — Rema, Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper
- 1999 — YNW Melly, American rapper
- 1999 — Tiffany Stratton, American wrestler
- 1997 — Miles Sanders, American football player
- 1996 — William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
- 1992 — Madeline Brewer, American actress
Deaths
- 2023 — Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
- 2021 — Olympia Dukakis, American actress (born 1931)
- 2015 — Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)
- 2015 — Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)
- 2015 — María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)
- 2015 — Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (born 1930)
- 2014 — Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)
- 2014 — Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (born 1947)
- 2014 — Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
- 2014 — Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)
- 2013 — Chris Kelly, American rapper (born 1978)
- 2012 — James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (born 1925)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Aldebrandus
- Christian feast day: Amator
- Christian feast day: Andeolus
- Christian feast day: Aredius of Gap
- Christian feast day: Asaph
- Christian feast day: Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (part of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Benedict of Szkalka
- Christian feast day: Bertha of Val d'Or
- Christian feast day: Brioc
- Christian feast day: James the Less (Anglican Communion)
- Christian feast day: Jeremiah
- Christian feast day: Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Julian of Bale
- Christian feast day: Blessed Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Mafalda of Portugal
- Christian feast day: Marcouf
- Christian feast day: Orientius
- Christian feast day: Peregrine Laziosi
- Christian feast day: Philip the Apostle (Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church)
- Christian feast day: Richard Pampuri
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Caecilius of Elvira
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Ctesiphon of Vergium
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Euphrasius of Illiturgis
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Hesychius of Cazorla
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Indaletius
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Secundus of Abula
- Christian feast day: Seven Apostolic Men Torquatus of Acci
- Christian feast day: Sigismund of Burgundy
- Christian feast day: Theodard
- Christian feast day: Ultan
- Christian feast day: May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
- Constitution Day (Argentina, Latvia, Marshall Islands)
- Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (India): Maharashtra Day
- International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day
- Lei Day (Hawaii)
- International Workers' Day or Labour Day (International), and its related observances: Law Day (United States), formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
- International Workers' Day or Labour Day (International), and its related observances: Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
- May Day (beginning of Summer) observances in the Northern hemisphere (see April 30): Calan Mai (Wales)
- May Day (beginning of Summer) observances in the Northern hemisphere (see April 30): Beltane (Gaelic)
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