May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of the year.
NATIONAL LOYALTY DAY
1707 ― England, Wales and Scotland form United Kingdom of Great Britain.
NATIONAL LOYALTY DAY
1707 ― England, Wales and Scotland form United Kingdom of Great Britain.
1841 ― The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California.
1848 ― The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College (to become Washington and Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1862 ― Major General Benjamin Butler's Union forces occupy New Orleans in the U.S. Civil War.
1863 ― The Battle of Chancellorsville begins in Virginia. Earlier in the year, General Joseph Hooker led the Army of the Potomac into Virginia to confront Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
1884 ― Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper, The Home Insurance Building, (10 stories). It was the first tall building to use structural steel in its frame, but the majority of its structure was composed of cast and wrought iron.
1915 ― On this day in 1915 in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Congress of Women adopts its resolutions on peace and women’s suffrage.
1898 ― At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War.
1900 ― A premature blast collapses a mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah.
1915 ― On this day in 1915 in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Congress of Women adopts its resolutions on peace and women’s suffrage.
1920 ― Babe Ruth's hits his first home run as a Yankee and the 50th of his career, at the Polo Grounds.
1926 ― On this day in 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories.
1931 ― President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building’s lights.
1935 ― Boulder Dam (first named Hoover Dam and them re-named Hoover Dam in 1947) is completed.
1955 ― Cleveland Indians' pitcher Bob Feller throws his 15th game giving up 1 or no hits (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters). Feller lost four years of his career to service during WWII.
1958 ― President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day to honor the role of law in the creation of the United States of America.
1960 ― An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union and it's pilot, Francis Gary Powers, is captured. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.
1991 ― Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 939th base to break Lou Brock’s record for stolen bases in a career. Henderson stole a total of 1,406 bases in his major league career, almost 500 more than the next closest player. Henderson was also the premiere lead-off hitter of his generation.
1997 ― After 18 years of Conservative rule, British voters give the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, a landslide victory in British parliamentary elections. In the poorest Conservative Party showing since 1832, Prime Minister John Major was rejected in favor of Scottish-born Blair, who at age 43 became the youngest British prime minister in more than a century.
2003 ― A record-breaking wave of tornadoes begins across the southern and midwestern United States on this day in 2003. By the time the wave is over, more than 500 tornadoes are recorded for the month, shattering the previous record by more than 100.
2003 ― Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California.
2011 ― Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. Normally five years must pass after a person's death before the beatification process can begin. However, in an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Vicar Camillo Ruini, the one responsible for promoting the cause for canonization of any person who dies within the diocese of Rome, cited "exceptional circumstances" which suggested that the waiting period could be waived.
BORN TODAY
1751 – Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
1764 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820)
1852 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
1857 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer, brother of Vincent Van Gogh (d. 1891)
1925 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1955 – Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach, Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach
1997 ― After 18 years of Conservative rule, British voters give the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, a landslide victory in British parliamentary elections. In the poorest Conservative Party showing since 1832, Prime Minister John Major was rejected in favor of Scottish-born Blair, who at age 43 became the youngest British prime minister in more than a century.
2003 ― A record-breaking wave of tornadoes begins across the southern and midwestern United States on this day in 2003. By the time the wave is over, more than 500 tornadoes are recorded for the month, shattering the previous record by more than 100.
2003 ― Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California.
2011 ― Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. Normally five years must pass after a person's death before the beatification process can begin. However, in an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Vicar Camillo Ruini, the one responsible for promoting the cause for canonization of any person who dies within the diocese of Rome, cited "exceptional circumstances" which suggested that the waiting period could be waived.
BORN TODAY
1751 – Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
1764 – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820)
1852 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
1857 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer, brother of Vincent Van Gogh (d. 1891)
1925 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1955 – Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach, Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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