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May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006)EventThe Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow.
May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006)DeathBig Hawk, American rapper (b.1969)
May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006)DeathJohnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (born in 1940)
May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006)DeathRob Lacey, Christian Author. (born in 1962)
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986)BirthCristian Benitez, Ecuadorian footballer
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986)BirthAdam Casey, Australian footballer
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986)DeathHylda Baker, English comedy actress (born in 1905)
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986)DeathHugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (born in 1916)
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976)BirthDarius McCrary, American actor
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976)DeathAlexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (born in 1939)
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976)DeathT.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (born in 1908)
May 1st, 1966 (May 01 1966)BirthOlaf Thon, German football player
May 1st, 1956 (May 01 1956)EventThe polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.Jonas Salk Quotes
May 1st, 1956 (May 01 1956)EventA doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
May 1st, 1956 (May 01 1956)BirthCatherine Frot, French actress
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946)EventStart of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946)EventThe Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946)BirthJoanna Lumley, English actress
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946)BirthJohn Woo, Hong Kong director
May 1st, 1926 (May 01 1926)BirthPeter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
May 1st, 1916 (May 01 1916)BirthGlenn Ford, Canadian actor (died in 2006)
May 1st, 1906 (May 01 1906)BirthHorst Schumann, Nazi physician (died in 1983)
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896)BirthHerbert Backe, German Nazi politician (died in 1947)
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896)BirthMark Wayne Clark, American general (died in 1984)
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896)BirthJ. Lawton Collins, American general (died in 1987)
May 1st, 1886 (May 01 1886)EventThe Haymarket riots in Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois are the start of the general strike which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labour Day in most industrialized countries.
May 1st, 1846 (May 01 1846)EventThe few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicated the Nauvoo Temple.
May 1st, 1786 (May 01 1786)EventOpening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes
May 1st, 1776 (May 01 1776)EventEstablishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
May 1st, 1576 (May 01 1576)EventStefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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