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May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006) | Event | The 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) | Death | Big Hawk, American rapper (b.1969) | |
May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006) | Death | Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (born in 1940) | |
May 1st, 2006 (May 01 2006) | Death | Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (born in 1962) | |
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986) | Birth | Cristian Benitez, Ecuadorian footballer | |
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986) | Birth | Adam Casey, Australian footballer | |
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986) | Death | Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (born in 1905) | |
May 1st, 1986 (May 01 1986) | Death | Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (born in 1916) | |
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976) | Birth | Darius McCrary, American actor | |
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976) | Death | Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (born in 1939) | |
May 1st, 1976 (May 01 1976) | Death | T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (born in 1908) | |
May 1st, 1966 (May 01 1966) | Birth | Olaf Thon, German football player | |
May 1st, 1956 (May 01 1956) | Event | The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. | Jonas Salk Quotes |
May 1st, 1956 (May 01 1956) | Event | A 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) | Birth | Catherine Frot, French actress | |
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946) | Event | Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. | |
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946) | Event | The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy. | |
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946) | Birth | Joanna Lumley, English actress | |
May 1st, 1946 (May 01 1946) | Birth | John Woo, Hong Kong director | |
May 1st, 1926 (May 01 1926) | Birth | Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician | |
May 1st, 1916 (May 01 1916) | Birth | Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (died in 2006) | |
May 1st, 1906 (May 01 1906) | Birth | Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (died in 1983) | |
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896) | Birth | Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (died in 1947) | |
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896) | Birth | Mark Wayne Clark, American general (died in 1984) | |
May 1st, 1896 (May 01 1896) | Birth | J. Lawton Collins, American general (died in 1987) | |
May 1st, 1886 (May 01 1886) | Event | The 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) | Event | The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicated the Nauvoo Temple. | |
May 1st, 1786 (May 01 1786) | Event | Opening 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) | Event | Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. | |
May 1st, 1576 (May 01 1576) | Event | Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. | |