What are the important events that happened on May 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 1 is the 122nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 18, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,256 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosadigon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 273 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,149 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 1 Historical Events
- 1328 –Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
- 1940 –The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.
- 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.
- 1956 –A doctor in Japan reports an “epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system”, marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
- 1956 –The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
- 1982 –Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
- 1982 –The 1982 World’s Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1987 –Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- 1995 –Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
- 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.
Who were born on May 1?
- 1218 –John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
- 1738 –King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
- 1848 –Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
- 1862 –Marcel Prévost, French author and dramatist (d. 1941)
- 1896 –Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
- 1950 –Dann Florek, American actor
- 1967 –Tim McGraw, American musician
- 1972 –Earl Va'a, Samoan rugby player
- 1982 –Darijo Srna, Croatian football player
- 1984 –Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
Who died on May 1?
- 1308 –Albert I of Habsburg (b. 1255)
- 1555 –Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- 1813 –Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
- 1856 –John Wilbur, American religious leader, Quaker minister (b. 1774)
- 1899 –Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
- 1986 –Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
- 1990 –Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
- 2008 –Anthony Mamo, Malta’s first President (b. 1909)
- 2011 –Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (b. 1920)
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