{"id":4464,"date":"2023-05-01T03:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:13:28","slug":"history-of-1-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-1-may\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 1 May"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 1 May<\/h2>\n

1905<\/strong> – In New York, radium was tested as a cure for cancer.<\/p>\n

1912<\/strong> – In London’s Kensington Gardens, a statue of Peter Pan was erected.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong> – A German submarine sank the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0ship\u00a0Gulflight<\/i>.<\/p>\n

1922<\/strong> – Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong> – Adolf Hitler held his first Nazi meeting in Berlin.<\/p>\n

1931<\/strong> – The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time.<\/p>\n

1934<\/strong> – The Philippine legislature accepted a\u00a0U.S.\u00a0proposal for independence.<\/p>\n

1937<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt\u00a0signed an act of neutrality, keeping the\u00a0United States\u00a0out of World War II.<\/p>\n

1941<\/strong> – “Citizen Kane,” directed and starring Orson Welles, premiered in New York.<\/p>\n

1944<\/strong> – The Messerschmitt Me 262, the first combat jet, made its first flight.<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> – Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, escaped from the Fuehrerbunker as the Red Army advanced on Berlin.<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> – Admiral Karl Doenitz succeeded Hitler as leader of the Third Reich. This was one day after Hitler committed suicide.<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong> – The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.<\/p>\n

1950<\/strong> – Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen.<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong> – Production of Mr. Potato Head began.<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong> – James Van Allen reported that two radiation belts encircled Earth.<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong> – Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Powers was taken, prisoner.<\/p>\n

1961<\/strong> – Fidel Castro announced there would be no more elections in Cuba.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong> – Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong> – In the second day of battle,\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Marines, with the support of naval fire, continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do.<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong> – Leonard Tose bought the\u00a0NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000.<\/p>\n

1970<\/strong> – Students at Kent State University riot in downtown Kent,\u00a0OH, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia.<\/p>\n

1971<\/strong> – The National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) went into service. It was established by the U.S. Congress to run the nation’s intercity railroads.<\/p>\n

1981<\/strong> – The Japanese government announced that it would limit passenger car exports to the United States over the next three years.<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> – The Tass News Agency reported the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> – Bill Elliott set a stock car speed record with his Ford Thunderbird in Talladega,\u00a0AL. Elliott reached a speed of 212.229 mph.<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong> – Disney-MGM Studios opened.
\nDisney movies, music, and books<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – On the third day of the Los Angeles riots resulting from the Rodney King beating trial. King appeared in public to appeal for calm, he asked, “Can we all get along?”<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Arrow Air was fined $5 million for using spare parts that lacked federal approval in the\u00a0U.S.<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong> – On Mount Everest, a group of\u00a0U.S. mountain climbers discovered the body of George Mallory. Mallory had died in June of 1924 while trying to become the first person to reach the summit of Everest. At the time of the discovery, it was unclear whether or not Mallory had actually reached the summit.<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong> – ABC aired the first celebrity “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong> – The “Barbie for President” doll was released in stores.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – Chandra Levy was last seen in Washington,\u00a0DC. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park on May 22, 2002. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong> – U.S. President Barack Obama announced that U.S. soldiers had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Naxalite\u00a0attack in\u00a0Gadchiroli district: 16 army soldiers, including a driver,\u00a0killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Manny Acosta, Panamanian baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Wes Welker, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Beto, Portuguese footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model, and actor<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mark Farren, Irish footballer (d. 2016)<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tommy Robredo, a Spanish tennis player<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alain Bernard, French swimmer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Human Tornado, American wrestler<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Park Hae-jin, South Korean actor<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Backes, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Miso Brecko, Slovenian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Farah Fath, American actress<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer, and actor<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0V\u00edctor Monta\u00f1o, Colombian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mark Seaby, Australian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Christian Ben\u00edtez, Ecuadorian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Adam Casey, Australian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lee Chang-min, South Korean singer<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Brent Stanton, Australian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Glen Coffee, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Iv\u00e1n DeJesus Jr., Puerto Rican baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Marcus Drum, Australian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Amir Johnson, American basketball player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryan Mathews, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Burundian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Shahar Peer, an Israeli tennis player<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maria Balaban, Latvian figure skater<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Maxim Gustik, Belarusian freestyle skier<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Teodor Peterson, Swedish cross-country skier<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Po\u013cina Je\u013cizarova, Latvian runner<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Uriel \u00c1lvarez, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Diego Contento, German footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Scooter Gennett, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Marcus Stroman, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Talbot, British sprinter<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bradley Roby, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wallace, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist<\/li>\n
  • 1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jacob Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Michael Seaton, Jamaican footballer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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