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01 May 0305
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Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns
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01 May 0305
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Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. |
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01 May 0524
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King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar. |
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01 May 0880
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The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. |
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01 May 1006
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Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
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01 May 1048
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Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth
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01 May 1328
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Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state. |
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01 May 1455
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Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland. |
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01 May 1523
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Danish King Christian III arrives in Veere
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01 May 1544
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Turkish troops occupy Hungary
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01 May 1551
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Council of Trente resumes
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01 May 1576
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Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
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01 May 1598
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Jacob van Necks Merchant fleet departs for Java
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01 May 1625
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Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
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01 May 1625
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Prince Frederik Henry appointed Viceroy of Holland
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01 May 1628
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Meiboom in Quincy, Massachusetts, degenerates into orgy with indian women
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01 May 1682
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Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory
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01 May 1703
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Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
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01 May 1704
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Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad
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01 May 1707
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England, Wales and Scotland form UK of Great Britain
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01 May 1707
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The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. |
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01 May 1711
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Archduke Karel of Austria / Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
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01 May 1715
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Prussia declares war on Sweden
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01 May 1725
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Spain and Austria sign trade treaty
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01 May 1753
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Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. |
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01 May 1756
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France and Austria sign alliance
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01 May 1757
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Austria and France divide Prussia
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01 May 1759
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British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
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01 May 1759
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Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain. |
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01 May 1776
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Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
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01 May 1776
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Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. |
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01 May 1777
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RB Sheridans "School for Scandal, " premieres in London
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01 May 1778
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American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. |
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01 May 1781
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Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population
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01 May 1785
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Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaiʻi, defeats Kalanikūpule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. |
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01 May 1786
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In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time. |
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01 May 1794
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War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793. |
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01 May 1822
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John Phillips becomes 1st Mayor of Boston
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01 May 1834
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Belgian parliament accept railway laws
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01 May 1840
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1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
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01 May 1840
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The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. |
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01 May 1841
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1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California
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01 May 1844
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Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
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01 May 1844
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Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
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01 May 1844
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Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established. |
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01 May 1846
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Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
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01 May 1846
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The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple. |
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01 May 1850
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John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor
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01 May 1851
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Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London
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01 May 1851
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Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition in London. |
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01 May 1852
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The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation. |
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01 May 1854
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Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes
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01 May 1856
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The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of the Queen Isabela II of Spain. |
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01 May 1857
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William Walker, Conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy
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01 May 1862
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Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
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01 May 1862
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American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans. |
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01 May 1863
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Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
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01 May 1863
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Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
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01 May 1863
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Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars & Bars"
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01 May 1863
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Confederate Congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
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01 May 1863
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American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. |
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01 May 1864
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Atlanta campaign, Georgia
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01 May 1864
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Wilderness campaign
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01 May 1865
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The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance. |
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01 May 1866
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American Equal Rights Association forms
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01 May 1866
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The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
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01 May 1867
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Howard University chartered
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01 May 1867
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Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
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01 May 1869
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The Folies Bergère opens in Paris. |
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01 May 1873
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1st US postal card issued
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01 May 1873
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International Exhibition opens in Vienna
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01 May 1875
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238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
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01 May 1875
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Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873. |
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01 May 1883
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"Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
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01 May 1883
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Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876
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01 May 1883
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New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer
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01 May 1884
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Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
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01 May 1884
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Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league
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01 May 1884
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Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. |
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01 May 1884
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Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States. |
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01 May 1885
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Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth
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01 May 1885
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The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business. |
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01 May 1886
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US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
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01 May 1886
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Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries. |
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01 May 1889
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1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International
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01 May 1889
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Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
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01 May 1892
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US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay
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01 May 1893
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The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago. |
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01 May 1894
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Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C. |
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01 May 1898
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George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
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01 May 1898
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Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war. |
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01 May 1900
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Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
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01 May 1900
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Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond
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01 May 1900
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The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history. |
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01 May 1901
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Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox
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01 May 1901
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Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
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01 May 1901
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The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York. |
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01 May 1907
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Belgium government of De Trooz forms
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01 May 1907
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Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands Indies)
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01 May 1909
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Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
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01 May 1912
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Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms
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01 May 1912
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Beverly Hills Hotel opens
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01 May 1913
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Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St, New York City
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01 May 1915
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British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool
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01 May 1915
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German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight
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01 May 1915
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The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives. |
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01 May 1919
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Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
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01 May 1920
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Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
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01 May 1920
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Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
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01 May 1921
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Drusian Sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected Governor of Suwayda
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01 May 1922
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Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game
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01 May 1925
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Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
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01 May 1925
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The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada. |
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01 May 1925
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The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. |
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01 May 1926
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British coal-miners go on strike
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01 May 1926
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Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings
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01 May 1926
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Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League
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01 May 1927
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1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
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01 May 1927
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Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam
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01 May 1927
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Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen
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01 May 1927
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The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor. |
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01 May 1927
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The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. |
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01 May 1928
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6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania
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01 May 1928
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Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
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01 May 1928
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Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
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01 May 1928
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Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
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01 May 1929
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Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen
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01 May 1929
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Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin
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01 May 1930
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Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
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01 May 1930
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The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named. |
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01 May 1931
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Empire State Building opens in New York City
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01 May 1931
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Norway claims Peter I Island
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01 May 1931
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Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
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01 May 1931
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The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. |
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01 May 1932
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1st Suriname union Congress at Paramaribo
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01 May 1933
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The Humanist Manifesto I published. |
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01 May 1933
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The Roca–Runciman Treaty between Argentina and Great Britain is signed by Julio Argentino Roca, Jr., and Sir Walter Runciman. |
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01 May 1934
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Austria signs pact with Vatican
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01 May 1934
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Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
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01 May 1934
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Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
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01 May 1935
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Boulder Dam completed
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01 May 1936
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Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
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01 May 1937
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FDR signs act of neutrality
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01 May 1939
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Batman comics hit street
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01 May 1939
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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
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01 May 1940
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140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
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01 May 1940
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The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
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01 May 1940
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The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war. |
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01 May 1941
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"Citizen Kane, " directed and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York
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01 May 1941
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General Mills introduces Cheerios
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01 May 1941
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German assault on Tobruk
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01 May 1941
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World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk. |
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01 May 1942
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Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
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01 May 1943
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1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam
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01 May 1943
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69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04
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01 May 1943
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Food rationing begins in US
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01 May 1943
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German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
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01 May 1943
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German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
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01 May 1943
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Rauter signs unofficial death sentence
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01 May 1944
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Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight
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01 May 1944
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark)
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01 May 1944
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Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
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01 May 1944
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World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens, Greece in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi. |
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01 May 1945
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900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide
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01 May 1945
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Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government
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01 May 1945
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Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan
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01 May 1945
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General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
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01 May 1945
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Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII
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01 May 1945
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Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg
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01 May 1945
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Soviet army reach Rostock
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01 May 1945
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World War II: Yugoslav Partisans free Trieste. |
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01 May 1945
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World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army. |
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01 May 1945
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World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda. |
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01 May 1945
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World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin. |
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01 May 1946
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Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British Supreme Commander
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01 May 1946
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Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year"
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01 May 1946
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The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy. |
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01 May 1946
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Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. |
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01 May 1947
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Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stadium
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01 May 1947
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Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
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01 May 1947
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Radar for coml and private planes 1st demonstrated
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01 May 1947
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Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th Director of CIA
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01 May 1947
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Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded. |
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01 May 1948
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74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4
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01 May 1948
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Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
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01 May 1948
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam
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01 May 1948
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader. |
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01 May 1949
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Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
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01 May 1950
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Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
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01 May 1950
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Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
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01 May 1950
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific)
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01 May 1950
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WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 May 1950
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Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth. |
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01 May 1951
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600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany
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01 May 1951
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Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
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01 May 1951
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Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox
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01 May 1952
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Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
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01 May 1952
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Mr Potato Head, introduced
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01 May 1952
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TWA introduces tourist class
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01 May 1954
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80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03
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01 May 1954
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Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist organization forbidden)
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01 May 1954
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HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies)
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01 May 1954
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WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC / SFN) begins broadcasting
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01 May 1955
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
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01 May 1956
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A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. |
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01 May 1956
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The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. |
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01 May 1957
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Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
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01 May 1957
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US give Poland credit of $95 million
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01 May 1957
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Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km
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01 May 1957
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Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire England. |
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01 May 1958
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Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon / conquer Morotai
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01 May 1958
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Arturo Frondizi sworn in as President of Argentina
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01 May 1959
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Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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01 May 1959
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West Germany introduces 5 day work week
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01 May 1959
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White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
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01 May 1960
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Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
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01 May 1960
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Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. |
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01 May 1960
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Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Also known as "Maharashtra Day". |
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01 May 1961
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1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
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01 May 1961
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Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
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01 May 1961
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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01 May 1961
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Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
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01 May 1961
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The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. |
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01 May 1962
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1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
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01 May 1962
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Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start
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01 May 1962
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JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
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01 May 1963
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1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
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01 May 1963
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Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth
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01 May 1964
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1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
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01 May 1965
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91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2
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01 May 1965
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USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
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01 May 1965
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Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place. |
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01 May 1966
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Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
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01 May 1966
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
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01 May 1966
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Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
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01 May 1966
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US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
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01 May 1967
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua
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01 May 1967
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Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed
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01 May 1967
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Jelle Zijlstra becomes President of the Netherlands Bank
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01 May 1967
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Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
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01 May 1967
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
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01 May 1968
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"Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 performances
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01 May 1968
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Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup
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01 May 1969
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43 Unification church couples wed in New York City
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01 May 1969
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Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
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01 May 1969
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Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000
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01 May 1969
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Pirate Radio Station 259 (England / France) begins transmitting
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01 May 1970
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Protests erupt in Seattle, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country. |
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01 May 1971
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97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2
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01 May 1971
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Amtrak Railroad begins operation
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01 May 1971
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Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
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01 May 1971
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Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. |
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01 May 1972
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"Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
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01 May 1972
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North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
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01 May 1972
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
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01 May 1973
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San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7
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01 May 1974
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The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón. |
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01 May 1975
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Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semifinals - Flyers hold 2-0 lead
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01 May 1976
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102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6
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01 May 1976
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Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
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01 May 1977
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Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
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01 May 1977
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Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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01 May 1977
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Empress Lilly dedicated
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01 May 1977
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Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations. |
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01 May 1978
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1st black Mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
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01 May 1978
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MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
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01 May 1978
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Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
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01 May 1978
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Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. |
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01 May 1979
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Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
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01 May 1979
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Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
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01 May 1979
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Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
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01 May 1980
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"Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 performances
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01 May 1980
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15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
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01 May 1980
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American Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice) / T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
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01 May 1980
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Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
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01 May 1981
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Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
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01 May 1981
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Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges
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01 May 1981
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Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
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01 May 1982
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108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4
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01 May 1982
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Nordiques 4 - Isles 5 (OT) - Semifinals - Isles hold 3-0 lead
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01 May 1982
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Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. |
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01 May 1982
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The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee. |
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01 May 1983
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"My One & Only" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 767 performances
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01 May 1983
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament
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01 May 1983
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Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)
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01 May 1983
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Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. |
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01 May 1984
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Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
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01 May 1985
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"Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
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01 May 1985
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US President Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
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01 May 1986
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Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
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01 May 1986
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Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
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01 May 1986
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Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
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01 May 1987
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46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
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01 May 1987
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Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun
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01 May 1987
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Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. |
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01 May 1988
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"Romance / Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
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01 May 1988
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IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
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01 May 1988
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Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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01 May 1989
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Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
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01 May 1989
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US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
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01 May 1989
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Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. |
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01 May 1990
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"Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater, New York City
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01 May 1990
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The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines. |
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01 May 1991
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"Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
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01 May 1991
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Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy
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01 May 1991
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Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
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01 May 1991
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Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto
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01 May 1991
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Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
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01 May 1991
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Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbain, homosexual and hetrosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in New York City
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01 May 1991
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Tx Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)
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01 May 1991
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Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record. |
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01 May 1992
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Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior
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01 May 1992
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LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King
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01 May 1992
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New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs. New Jersey Devils)
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01 May 1992
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Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
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01 May 1993
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119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4
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01 May 1993
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Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)
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01 May 1993
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Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion |
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01 May 1994
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"My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances
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01 May 1994
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"Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 performances
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01 May 1994
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Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
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01 May 1994
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
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01 May 1994
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Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship
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01 May 1994
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Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. |
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01 May 1995
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"On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
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01 May 1995
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Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park
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01 May 1995
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Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence. |
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01 May 1996
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"Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
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01 May 1996
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Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
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01 May 1997
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Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of the UK
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01 May 1999
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The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. |
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01 May 2001
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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. |
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01 May 2003
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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". |
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01 May 2004
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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. |
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01 May 2006
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The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. |
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01 May 2007
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The Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy. |
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01 May 2008
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The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention. |
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01 May 2009
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Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. |
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01 May 2011
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Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks has been killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Due to the time difference between the United States and Pakistan, bin Laden was actually killed on May 2. |
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01 May 2011
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Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. |
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