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What happend on 1. May in History
In our data base we found 395 events happened on 1. May:
• 305: Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 408: Arcadius, Roman emperor (b. 337/338) [category: Deaths]
• 524: King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar. [category: Events]
• 880: The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. [category: Events]
• 1118: Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080) [category: Deaths]
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• 1218: John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) [category: Births]
• 1218: Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) [category: Births]
• 1225: Jean de Joinville, French writer (d. 1317) [category: Births]
• 1277: Stephen Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223) [category: Deaths]
• 1285: Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) [category: Births]
• 1308: Albert I of Habsburg (b. 1255) [category: Deaths]
• 1328: Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state. [category: Events]
• 1539: Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501) [category: Deaths]
• 1572: Pope Pius V (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1582: Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643) [category: Births]
• 1585: Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1591: Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary (d. 1666) [category: Births]
• 1594: John Haynes, American magistrate and politician [category: Births]
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• 1672: Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719) [category: Births]
• 1707: The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1730: Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1731: Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1738: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669) [category: Deaths]
• 1751: The first cricket match is played in America. [category: Events]
• 1753: Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. [category: Events]
• 1759: Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1764: Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1769: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1772: Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. [category: Events]
• 1778: American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1785: Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaiʻi, defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. [category: Events]
• 1786: Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria. [category: Events]
• 1794: 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. [category: Events]
• 1803: James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1813: Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1824: Alexander William Williamson, English chemist (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1825: George Inness, American painter (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1825: Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1827: Jules Breton, French painter (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1829: Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, English painter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1829: José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1830: Guido Gezelle, Flemish poet and priest (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1831: Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1840: The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1844: Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established. [category: Events]
• 1846: The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple. [category: Events]
• 1847: Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1848: Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1850: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1851: Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1851: Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London. [category: Events]
• 1852: Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1852: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1852: The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation. [category: Events]
• 1855: Cecilia Beaux, American painter (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1856: John Wilbur, American minister (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of the Queen Isabela II of Spain. [category: Events]
• 1857: Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer and brother of Vincent Van Gogh (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1862: Marcel Prévost, French author and dramatist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Union Army completes the Capture of New Orleans. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. [category: Events]
• 1864: Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1865: The Empire of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance [category: Events]
• 1869: The Folies Bergère opens in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1872: Harry Leon Wilson, American novelist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1872: Sidónio Pais, Portuguese politician and diplomat (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1873: David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian sports shooter (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1874: Romaine Brooks, American painter (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1875: Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down. [category: Events]
• 1881: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1884: Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English politician, naval officer and race car driver (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1884: Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1884: Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1885: Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1885: Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1885: The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business. [category: Events]
• 1886: Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair. [category: Events]
• 1887: Alan Gordon Cunningham, English army officer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1893: The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago. [category: Events]
• 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1896: Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1896: J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1896: Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1898: Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay – the United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war. [category: Events]
• 1899: Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Ignazio Silone, Italian author and politician (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1900: 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. [category: Events]
• 1901: Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1901: Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1901: Sterling Allen Brown, American professor and critic (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1901: The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York. [category: Events]
• 1904: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Henry Koster, German director (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1905: Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1906: Horst Schumann, German Nazi physician (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1907: Hayes Alvis, American jazz musician (Mills Blue Rhythm Band) (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1907: Oliver Hill, American attorney (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1908: Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1908: Morris Kline, American mathematician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1909: Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1910: J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer, professor, and ufologist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1911: Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright, and professor (b. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1912: Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander and admiral (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1913: John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant and Marshal (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Archie Williams, American athlete and teacher (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1915: Hanns Martin Schleyer, German business executive (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1915: The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. [category: Events]
• 1916: Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1917: Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1917: John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1918: Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1918: Jack Paar, American comedian, author, and television host (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: Raymond Mailloux, Canadian politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1919: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1919: Manna Dey, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1919: Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister of Morocco [category: Births]
• 1920: Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Boo Morcom, American runner (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Vladimir Colin, Romanian author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alastair Gillespie, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1923: Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1924: Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1924: Karel Kachyňa, Czech director (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1925: Chuck Bednarik, American football player [category: Births]
• 1925: Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi scholar and philosopher [category: Births]
• 1925: Scott Carpenter, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1925: The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. [category: Events]
• 1925: The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada. [category: Events]
• 1926: Peter Lax, Hungarian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1927: Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Laura Betti, Italian actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1927: The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor. [category: Events]
• 1927: The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. [category: Events]
• 1928: Desmond Titterington, English race car driver (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ralf Dahrendorf, German sociologist and politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Sonny James, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1930: Little Walter, American harmonica player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1930: Richard Riordan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1930: The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named. [category: Events]
• 1931: Jacques Languirand, Canadian radio host and actor [category: Births]
• 1931: The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1933: The Roca-Runciman Treaty between Argentina and Great Britain is signed by Julio Argentino Roca, Jr., and Sir Walter Runciman. [category: Events]
• 1934: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ann Robinson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Jerry Mander, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1937: Una Stubbs, English actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1939: Max Robinson, American journalist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1939: Victor Davies, Canadian composer, pianist, and conductor [category: Births]
• 1940: Bobbie Ann Mason, American author and critic [category: Births]
• 1940: Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer [category: Births]
• 1940: Yury Yershov, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1940: The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war. [category: Events]
• 1941: Asil Nadir, Turkish-Cypriot businessman [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk. [category: Events]
• 1942: Stephen Macht, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1944: 200 Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens as reprisals for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi [category: Events]
• 1945: Peter Kiesewetter, German composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Rita Coolidge, American singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Joseph Goebbels, German Nazi politician (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Magda Goebbels, wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: 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 was raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin. [category: Events]
• 1945: The Yugoslav partisans free Trieste. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are murdered by Magda by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths. [category: Events]
• 1946: Joanna Lumley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: John Woo, Hong Kong director [category: Births]
• 1946: Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. [category: Events]
• 1946: The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy. [category: Events]
• 1947: Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer [category: Births]
• 1947: Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano; 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded. [category: Events]
• 1948: Patricia Hill Collins, American scholar [category: Births]
• 1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle Designer and Builder, co-founder of Orange County Choppers [category: Births]
• 1949: Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow, The Work, and K-Space) [category: Births]
• 1950: Dann Florek, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: John Diehl, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1951: Antony Worrall Thompson, English chef [category: Births]
• 1951: Geoff Lees, English Grand Prix driver [category: Births]
• 1951: Sally Mann, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1953: Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1954: Fred Chichin, French musician and songwriter (Les Rita Mitsouko) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1954: Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1954: Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Raydio) [category: Births]
• 1955: Martin O'Donnell, American composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Nick Feldman, English musician (Wang Chung) [category: Births]
• 1956: Catherine Frot, French actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Frank Szymanski, German politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Phil Foglio, American cartoonist and comic book artist [category: Births]
• 1956: LeRoy Samse, American athlete (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. [category: Events]
• 1956: The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. [category: Events]
• 1957: Kow Otani, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1957: 34 of 35 people aboard are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashed in Hampshire England. [category: Events]
• 1959: Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1959: Yasmina Reza, French playwright, actress, novelist, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1960: Steve Cauthen, American jockey [category: Births]
• 1960: Charles Holden, British architect (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: 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. [category: Events]
• 1960: Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. [category: Events]
• 1961: Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Marilyn Milian, American judge [category: Births]
• 1961: The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. [category: Events]
• 1962: Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Ted Sundquist, American football player and manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and politician, father of the Filipino language (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Lady Sarah Chatto, English daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon [category: Births]
• 1964: Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1965: Spike Jones, American bandleader and musician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1966: Charlie Schlatter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Olaf Thon, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Tim McGraw, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and Catherine) [category: Births]
• 1968: Denise Masino, American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1968: Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Harold Nicolson, English diplomat, author, and politician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Billy Owens, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Wes Anderson, American director and writer [category: Births]
• 1970: Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1971: Ajith Kumar, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ethan Albright, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. [category: Events]
• 1972: Earl Va'a, Samoan rugby player [category: Births]
• 1972: Julie Benz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Ramzi bin al-Shibh, one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks [category: Births]
• 1973: Curtis Martin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Mike Jesse, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Oliver Neuville, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Asger Jorn, Danish painter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Kellie Crawford, Australian singer and actress (Hi-5 and Teen Queens) [category: Births]
• 1974: The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expulsed from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón. [category: Events]
• 1975: Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Austin Croshere, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Jodhi May, English actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1975: Nina Hossain, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1976: Darius McCrary, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: T.R.M. Howard, American civil rights leader, entrepreneur, and surgeon (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician [category: Births]
• 1977: 36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations. [category: Events]
• 1978: Nick Traina, American singer-songwriter (Link 80) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1978: Sachie Hara, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. [category: Events]
• 1979: Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Harvey, English rapper, footballer, and actor (So Solid Crew) [category: Births]
• 1980: Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and musician (Lost Sounds) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1980: Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Wes Welker, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: William Primrose, Scottish violist and teacher (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: French Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during practice in the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. [category: Events]
• 1982: Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. [category: Events]
• 1982: The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1983: Alain Bernard, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Human Tornado, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. [category: Events]
• 1984: Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: David Backes, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Farah Fath, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer and actor (NEWS) [category: Births]
• 1984: Mark Seaby, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Víctor Montaño, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Drew Sidora, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Denise Robins, English journalist and novelist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Adam Casey, Australian association footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Brent Stanton, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hylda Baker, English actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Amir Johnson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Glen Coffee, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Marcus Drum, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Matt Di Angelo, English actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. [category: Events]
• 1988: Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1988: Nicholas Braun, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Poļina Jeļizarova, Latvian athlete [category: Births]
• 1989: Tim Urban, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Patrice Tardif, Canadian politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Sally Kirkland, American editor and manager (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. [category: Events]
• 1990: Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: 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. [category: Events]
• 1991: Abdisalam Ibrahim, Somali-Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Creagen Dow, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Richard Thorpe, American director (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. [category: Events]
• 1992: Matěj Vydra, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Yū Kikkawa, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Sharon Redd, American singer and actress (Harlettes) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. [category: Events]
• 1995: Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1996: Luana Patten, American actress (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Ariel Gade, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Fernand Dumont, French-Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Eldridge Cleaver, American writer and activist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jos LeDuc, Canadian wrestler (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Body of British climber George Mallory found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. [category: Events]
• 2000: Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2002: John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Miss Elizabeth, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 2004: Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2006: Big Hawk, American rapper (Screwed Up Click) (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rob Lacey, English actor and author (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. [category: Events]
• 2007: 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Anthony Mamo, Maltese politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American prostitution service owner (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, member of the 20 July Plot (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: 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. [category: Events]
• 2009: Danny Gans, American singer and comedian (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. [category: Events]
• 2010: Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rob McConnell, Canadian trombonist, composer, and arranger (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ted Lowe, English sports commentator (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 2011: Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. [category: Events]
• 2012: Charles Pitts, American guitarist (The Bo-Keys) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mordechai Virshubski, Israeli politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Shanmugasundari, Indian actress (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• _: Andeolus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Augustin Schoeffer [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Beltane (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Celtic Neopagans and Wiccans in the Northern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Brioc [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (India): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Marshall Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which National Day of Prayer can fall, while May 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Thursday in May. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: EuroMayDay (Western Europe) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival in honor of Bona Dea (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gujarat Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Workers' Day (International), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: James the Less [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Labour Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Law Day, U.S.A., formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labor Day. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lei Day (Hawaii) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labor Day. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maharashtra Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marcouf [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May Day (beginning of Summer in the Northern hemisphere) observances (see April 30): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic optional feast) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Philip the Apostle [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Samhain (Celtic Neopagans and Wiccans in the Southern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sigismund of Burgundy [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Walpurga (canonization) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Walpurgis Night, celebrated before dawn (Central and Northern Europe) [category: Holidays and observances]