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, 28,575,360 minutes 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.
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
- 1869 –The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.
- 1893 –The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
- 1915 –The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany.
- 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.
- 1927 –The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
- 1948 –The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.
- 1961 –The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
- 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.
- 1977 –36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
- 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?
- 1896 –Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
- 1907 –Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
- 1925 –Chuck Bednarik, American football player
- 1927 –Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor (d. 18 March)
- 1950 –John Diehl, American actor
- 1973 –Mike Jesse, German footballer
- 1981 –Wes Welker, American football player
- 1983 –Alain Bernard, French swimmer
- 1984 –Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
- 1991 –Creagen Dow, American actor
Who died on May 1?
- 1308 –Albert I of Habsburg (b. 1255)
- 1856 –John Wilbur, American religious leader, Quaker minister (b. 1774)
- 1873 –David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
- 1904 –Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
- 1963 –Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, father of the Filipino language (b. 1879)
- 1968 –Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895)
- 1970 –Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince of Korea (b. 1897)
- 1990 –Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
- 1998 –Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
- 2006 –Rob Lacey, Christian author (b. 1962)
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