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| May 1st, 2008 (May 01 2008) | Event | 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. | |
| May 1st, 2008 (May 01 2008) | Death | Anthony Mamo, Malta s first President (born in 1909) | |
| May 1st, 2008 (May 01 2008) | Death | Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (born in 1956) | |
| May 1st, 1998 (May 01 1998) | Death | Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (born in 1935) | Eldridge Cleaver Quotes |
| May 1st, 1988 (May 01 1988) | Birth | Graeme Owens, English footballer | |
| May 1st, 1978 (May 01 1978) | Event | Japan s Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. | |
| May 1st, 1978 (May 01 1978) | Birth | Sachie Hara, Japanese actress | |
| May 1st, 1978 (May 01 1978) | Death | Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (born in 1903) | |
| May 1st, 1968 (May 01 1968) | Birth | Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer | |
| May 1st, 1968 (May 01 1968) | Birth | Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor | |
| May 1st, 1968 (May 01 1968) | Birth | D arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins) | |
| May 1st, 1968 (May 01 1968) | Death | Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (born in 1886) | |
| May 1st, 1968 (May 01 1968) | Death | Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b.1895) | |
| May 1st, 1948 (May 01 1948) | Event | The Democratic People s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as president. | |
| May 1st, 1928 (May 01 1928) | Birth | Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (died in 2002) | |
| May 1st, 1918 (May 01 1918) | Birth | Jack Paar, American television host (died in 2004) | |
| May 1st, 1918 (May 01 1918) | Birth | Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (died in 1977) | |
| May 1st, 1908 (May 01 1908) | Birth | Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (died in 1968) | |
| May 1st, 1898 (May 01 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Baythe United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war. | |
| May 1st, 1848 (May 01 1848) | Event | The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. | |
| May 1st, 1778 (May 01 1778) | Event | American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. | |
| May 1st, 1738 (May 01 1738) | Birth | King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (died in 1819) | |
| May 1st, 1738 (May 01 1738) | Death | Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (born in c. 1669) | |
| May 1st, 1328 (May 01 1328) | Event | Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state. | |
| May 1st, 1308 (May 01 1308) | Death | Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (born in 1255) | |
| May 1st, 1218 (May 01 1218) | Birth | John I, Count of Hainaut (died in 1257) | |
| May 1st, 1218 (May 01 1218) | Birth | Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1291) | |
| May 1st, 1118 (May 01 1118) | Death | Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (born in c. 1080) | |
| May 1st, 0408 (May 01 0408) | Death | Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (born in 337/338) | |
